by Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity Scientists have uncovered how a crucial component of the immune system responds to the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19—important information for future validation of vaccine candidates. Coronavirus particles have a corona (crown) of proteins that resemble spikes, which enable the virus to attach and...
UC Davis study found that combining Western diet and antibiotic use is a pre- IBD risk factor UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – DAVIS HEALTH IMAGE OF SECTIONS OF THE COLON’S INNER LINING, BASED ON COMBINATIONS OF LOW-FAT DIET (LFD) VS. HIGH-FAT DIET (HFD), AND NO TREATMENT (MOCK) VS. WITH STREPTOMYCIN (STREP) TREATMENT…. view more CREDIT: UC...
Reviewed by James Ives, M.Psych. (Editor) Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is a chronic systemic rheumatoid-inflammatory disease associated with inflammation of the spine. “The affected patients often have been experiencing spinal pain since early adulthood”, EULAR President Professor Dr Iain B. McInnes, Director of the Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, The University of Glasgow, Scotland, explains:...
A pair of recent studies found that people with Type A blood are no more at risk of getting the virus or falling dangerously ill than others, contradicting preliminary evidence based on a relatively small sample of people. Over the past few months, after looking at thousands of additional patients with Covid-19, scientists are reporting...
Nature wades through the literature on the new coronavirus — and summarizes key papers as they appear. People who have recovered from COVID-19 are discharged from a hospital in Kolkata, India.Credit: Samir Jana/Hindustan Times via Getty 16 July — Antiviral antibodies peter out within weeks after infection Key antibodies that neutralize the effects of the...
A new coronavirus test can detect past and present COVID-19 infections in just 20 minutes. The Independent reported that blood samples were used by Australian researchers in their newly developed COVID-19 test to determine novel coronavirus infections in 20 minutes; they claimed that is is a world-first breakthrough. Past and Present COVID-19 Infection Can Now...
To begin with, it was just anecdotal reports. Ear, nose and throat specialists from around the world were sharing their experiences on online message boards – they were all seeing a spike in patients experiencing anosmia, a loss of smell. The link with coronavirus was brought to public attention by specialists in the UK in...
INSERM (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTÉ ET DE LA RECHERCHE MÉDICALE) Approximately 5% of people with Covid-19 progress to a severe or critical form, including the development of severe pneumonia that progresses to acute respiratory distress syndrome. While these forms sometimes occur early in the course of the disease, clinical observations generally describe a two-stage...
by Yale University Yale pharmacology professor Barbara Ehrlich and her team have uncovered a mechanism driving a rare, lethal disease called Wolfram Syndrome and also a potential treatment. Their findings appear in the July 6 edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Wolfram Syndrome—a progressive degenerative disease that affects about one in 500,000...
Context and Significance Respiratory viral diseases, such as seasonal influenza or COVID-19, are deadly scourges on society. Immunometabolic therapies may be important tools to reduce the burden of death and long-term disability caused by pandemic viruses. Here, we describe the biological effects of ketone bodies, natural metabolites produced during fasting or carbohydrate restriction, that maintain...
