Medicine Risk Of Rare Blood Clotting Higher For COVID-19 Than For Vaccines (Medicine) 18 Apr 2021 COVID-19 leads to a several-times higher risk of cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) blood clots than current COVID-19 vaccines. Researchers at the University of Oxford have today reported that the risk…
Medicine Hypoxia Drugs Join the Fight Against COVID-19 (Medicine) 18 Apr 2021 Oxygen is essential to all life forms, even viruses. Oxygen is fundamental to all cells, impacting key functions such as metabolism and growth. Our cellular response to oxygen levels is…
Medicine COVID-19 in Combination With Hemorrhagic Stroke Doubles Death Risk (Medicine) 15 Apr 2021 COVID-19 and hemorrhagic stroke are a deadly combination, increasing the risk of death up to 2.4 times among patients who have this pairing compared to those who only had hemorrhagic…
Medicine Scientists Identify Virus-Cell Interaction That May Explain COVID-19’s High Infection Rate (Medicine) 13 Apr 2021 Lehigh researchers quantify the interaction between the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—with the ACE2 receptors in human cells. Bioengineering researchers at Lehigh have identified a previously unknown interaction between…
Medicine Common Medication Used To Treat Patients Following COVID-19 May Benefit Them By Reducing Virus Target Cells (Medicine) 10 Apr 2021 By helping immature red blood cells mature faster, dexamethasone may help reduce infectivity, U of A scientists say A team led by Shokrollah Elahi, immunologist with the University of Alberta's…
Medicine Antipsychotic Drugs May Have Protective Effect Against COVID-19 (Medicine) 9 Apr 2021 Two studies led by the Mental Health Unit of the Virgen del Rocio University Hospital and involving researchers from the US conclude that antipsychotic drugs could have a protective effect…
Medicine COVID-19 Causes ‘Unexpected’ Cellular Response in the Lungs, Research Finds (Medicine) 9 Apr 2021 New insights into the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infections could bring better treatments for COVID-19 cases. An international team of researchers unexpectedly found that a biochemical pathway, known as the immune…
