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Preliminary study of 300+ COVID-19 patients suggests convalescent plasma therapy effective
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Preliminary study of 300+ COVID-19 patients suggests convalescent plasma therapy effective

American Journal of Pathology publishes efficacy results from Houston Methodist clinical trial HOUSTON METHODIST HOUSTON METHODIST PHYSICIAN SCIENTIST ERIC SALAZAR, MD, PHD, LOOKS ON AS HIS TEAM WORKS IN THE LAB ON CONVALESCENT PLASMA RESEARCH. view more CREDIT: HOUSTON METHODIST HOUSTON-(Aug. 12, 2020) – A preliminary analysis of an ongoing study of more than 300...

Warming climate may trigger more West Nile outbreaks in Southern California
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Warming climate may trigger more West Nile outbreaks in Southern California

by University of California – Berkeley California are often cooler than inland areas, granting their populations some protection against West Nile virus. Credit: Public domain photo As climate change brings hotter weather to Southern California, coastal populations from San Diego to Santa Barbara may face an increased risk of contracting West Nile virus and other...

Have you heard? Middle ear, mastoid harbor SARS-Cov-2 and may pose risk for medical staffs
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Have you heard? Middle ear, mastoid harbor SARS-Cov-2 and may pose risk for medical staffs

by Johns Hopkins University A cutaway diagram of the ear showing the two regions — the middle ear and mastoid air cells (as indicated by the red arrows) — from where Johns Hopkins researchers recently isolated the SARS-CoV-2 virus (seen at upper right), the cause of COVID-19. Credit: Graphic by M.E. Newman, Johns Hopkins Medicine,...

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Phage therapy shows potential for treating prosthetic joint infections

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Bacteriophages, or phages, may play a significant role in treating complex bacterial infections in prosthetic joints, according to new Mayo Clinic research. The findings suggest phage therapy could provide a potential treatment for managing such infections, including those involving antibiotic-resistant microbes. The research is published in the July issue of Clinical Infectious...

Rapid COVID-19 test detects neutralising antibodies with high specificity and sensitivity
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Rapid COVID-19 test detects neutralising antibodies with high specificity and sensitivity

by Duke-NUS Medical School As the current COVID-19 pandemic continues to adversely impact communities and economies across the world, efficiency in testing for the infection and antibodies is vital. A unique and rapid SARS-CoV-2 surrogate virus neutralization test (sVNT), developed in Singapore, may be the much-needed boost to current COVID-19 investigations to determine infection rate,...

Driving immunometabolism to control lung infection
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Driving immunometabolism to control lung infection

by Ciara O’shea, Trinity College Dublin When drugs to kill microbes are ineffective, host-directed therapy uses the body’s own immune system to deal with the infection. This approach is being tested in patients with COVID-19, and now a team of researchers at Trinity College Dublin has published a study showing how it might also work...

Adults with obesity more likely to develop H1N1 influenza
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Adults with obesity more likely to develop H1N1 influenza

by Nardy Baeza Bickel, University of Michigan Adults with obesity are more susceptible to influenza A/H1N1pdm—the swine flu virus, according to a new study that did not, however, find a similar association with the seasonal flu. The results could be relevant in understanding the mechanisms by which infectious diseases such as influenza or the ongoing...