Study Identifies New Approach for Developing Simple-to-Use, ‘Shelf-Available’ COVID Treatment Options
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) via Newswise – An array of new, simple “shelf-available” SARS-CoV-2 treatment options could soon be available in the fight against COVID thanks to…
Tricking the Body to Treat Breast Cancer
Sanford Burnham Prebys via Newswise – With the help of two new grants from the National Institutes of Health totaling more than $4.4 million, Sanford Burnham Prebys professor Charles Spruck, Ph.D., and…
Pre-Infection Low Vitamin D Associated with Severe Covid
Naama Barak via Israel21c – Over a year and a half into the Covid crisis, most of us have already heard about the link between vitamin D deficiency and the coronavirus. …
Pre-Existing Coronavirus Antibodies Could Help Protect Children Against New Pandemic Strain
The Francis Crick Institute via EurekAlert – Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and University College London have found that some antibodies, created by the immune system during infection with common…
Covid-19 Pneumonia Drug Candidate Being Prepared Rapidly
Abigail Klein Leichman via Israel21c – RedHill Biopharma of Tel Aviv is collaborating with two pharmaceutical manufacturers in Europe and Canada to ramp up manufacturing of its drug candidate opaganib (Yeliva)…
Why Is Obesity So Common in COVID-19 Patients?
Pennington Biomedical Research Center via Newswise – A hormone that connects the body’s metabolism and immune response system may explain why COVID-19 is so dangerous for people with obesity. “The problem…
Florida Medical School Dean: COVID-19 Affects Some Blood Types More Than Others
Lorie Johnson via CBN News – The state of Florida has seen the most dramatic rise in coronavirus cases. Recently, CBN News spoke to a doctor there who says the death rate…
Viruses Can Steal Our Genetic Code to Create New Human-Virus Genes
Mount Sinai Health System via Newswise – Like a scene out of “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” a virus infects a host and converts it into a factory for making more…
Reprogramming of Immune System Cures Child with Often-Fatal Fungal Infection
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences via Newswise – In the June 11 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, a team of UCLA physicians and scientists describes the…
