by University of California, San Francisco Researchers at UC San Francisco have developed a ‘digital biomarker’ that would use a smartphone’s built-in camera to detect Type 2 diabetes—one of the world’s top causes of disease and death—potentially providing a low-cost, in-home alternative to blood draws and clinic-based screening tools. Type 2 diabetes affects more than...
A breakthrough for CanSino Biologics, Inc., being the first local vaccine company of the province of China to be approved of a patent to a Novel coronavirus or COVID-19 vaccine, Reuters said. State media, People’s Daily, reported last Sunday, August 17, 2020, that CanSino Biologics, Inc., a Chinese biopharmaceutical firm, has been approved by China...
A new leading US-based COVID-19 vaccine is set to begin its 2nd phase of testing in South Africa. The NVX‑CoV2373, made by Novavax biotechnology company, has seen improving the immune system and stimulating antibodies inside the patient. One of the major benefactors of the drug is the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Here’s what it...
A breakthrough coronavirus cure might soon be available, as researchers are studying a drug that could eliminate the virus, calm the immune response, and repair damaged tissue. The drug is described in different ways: Medicinal signaling cells (MSCs), mesenchymal lineage adult stem cells, or adipose-tissue derived mesenchymal stromal cells (AT-MSC). MSCs therapy proved to be...
Molecular characterization of ebselen binding activity to SARS-CoV-2 main protease AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE The synthetic drug ebselen can bind to both the catalytic region and a previously unknown distant site on the SARS-CoV-2 virus’ main protease, according to a molecular simulation analysis of the drug’s interactions with this enzyme. The results...
SARS-CoV-2 antibody serology assays developed by MD Anderson researchers accurately detect neutralizing antibodies UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M. D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER RAGHU KALLURI, M.D., PH.D. view more CREDIT: THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER HOUSTON — Two different types of detectable antibody responses in SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) tell very different stories and may indicate...
JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE RED STAIN IS ACE2. THE GREEN PROBE IS STAINING CK18, WHICH IS FOUND IN SUPPORTING CELLS AND MUCUS GLANDS. view more CREDIT: PHOTO BY MENGFEI CHEN Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine, experimenting with a small number of human cell samples, report that the “hook” of cells used by SARS-CoV-2 to latch onto...
by Massachusetts General Hospital In the most comprehensive study of COVID-19 pediatric patients to date, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Mass General Hospital for Children (MGHfC) researchers provide critical data showing that children play a larger role in the community spread of COVID-19 than previously thought. In a study of 192 children ages 0-22, 49...
Flushing public restroom toilets or urinals can spew clouds of particles carrying viruses, including COVID-19 AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS WASHINGTON, August 18, 2020 — Think you don’t need to worry about COVID-19 while using a public restroom? A group of researchers from Yangzhou University in China recently reported that flushing public restroom toilets can release...
Patients with undiagnosed flu symptoms who actually had COVID-19 last winter were among thousands of undetected early cases of the disease at the beginning of this year. In a new paper in the journal EClinicalMedicine, epidemiological researchers estimated COVID-19 to be far more widespread in Wuhan, China and Seattle, Washington weeks ahead of lockdown measures...
