by Polly Tita, Rush University Medical Center Graphical abstract. Credit: JCI Insight (2023). DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.166012 Scientists have uncovered a new understanding of how COVID-19 causes severe multi-organ injury in some patients and the pathways to stopping the cytokine storms behind them, according to new research published today in the Journal of Clinical Investigation Insight. “The research inspires a paradigm shift in how we think about...
by Hiroshima University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Who would have thought that a small basic compound like vitamin B6 in bananas or fish could be key to a robust response against COVID-19? Studies have so far explored the benefits of vitamins D and C and minerals like zinc and magnesium in fortifying immune response against COVID-19. But research on vitamin B6 has...
Inflammation from an out-of-control immune response doesn’t appear to be the main problem for the vast majority of hospitalized COVID-19 patients, a new study shows. The turning point for people with COVID-19 typically comes in the second week of symptoms. As most people begin to recover, a few others find it increasingly difficult to breathe...
Designer peptide could become effective in reducing damage caused by COVID-19 infections UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO – FACULTY OF DENTISTRY TORONTO, ON (June 30, 2020) — A collaboration between the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Dentistry and the National Jewish Health in Denver — the top-ranked respiratory research hospital in the U.S. — has yielded a...
Nanomaterials soak up radicals, could aid treatment of COVID-19 ARTIFICIAL ENZYMES MADE OF TREATED CHARCOAL, SEEN IN THIS ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE IMAGE, COULD HAVE THE POWER TO CURTAIL DAMAGING LEVELS OF SUPEROXIDES. HOUSTON – (July 1, 2020) – Artificial enzymes made of treated charcoal could have the power to curtail damaging levels of superoxides, radical...
By JOE PINKSTONE FOR MAILONLINE German hospital assessed the hormone levels of 45 COVID-19 patients in ICU Found that the vast majority of men admitted had low testosterone levels Testosterone may be able to stop the body’s immune system from going haywire Low levels of the sex hormone are unable to regulate the body’s immune...
by Holly Ober, University of California – Riverside Sometimes when the body’s immune system ramps up to fight a viral infection it goes a little overboard. Injured or infected cells produce small signaling proteins called cytokines that rally immune cells such as macrophages to destroy invaders and help the body heal. Some viral infections, such...
