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Regulating blood insulin levels in obese, diabetic patients may help reduce COVID-19 risk

Keeping blood insulin levels within strict, healthy parameters is a daily goal for people with diabetes. But now, researchers from Japan have found that regulating blood insulin levels may even help lower the risk of getting COVID-19.

25 Oct 2021

Can targeting autophagy become a new approach to COVID-19 treatment?

In a recent review, the author discusses autophagy as a contributing mechanism of selected drugs that are currently being evaluated to treat COVID‐19.

25 Oct 2021

Researchers investigate SARS-CoV-2 specific immunity in young Swedish adults

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have analyzed the presence of SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies and memory cells of the immune system in young adults.

25 Oct 2021

A new vaccine approach that could prevent future pandemics

News-Medical speaks to Professor Tomohiro Kurosaki about how he has developed a new vaccine approach that could prevent future pandemics.

25 Oct 2021

Development of light-based tool for the inactivation of SARS-CoV-2

Researchers from EMIT bio have developed a biological light unit that can sterilize surfaces, killing SARS-CoV-2.

25 Oct 2021

Are non-human primates at risk of SARS-CoV-2 exposure through wastewater contact?

Researchers have been investigating the potential for SARS-CoV-2 to spread to NHP through wastewater.

25 Oct 2021

Molecular features of SARS-CoV-2 variant receptor binding

Researchers have been investigating the changes in receptor binding in these variants that increase the danger they pose.

25 Oct 2021

Study finds FDA-approved drug has potent antiviral activity against SARS-CoV-2 and variants of concern

A new study aimed to examine the antiviral potential of atovaquone against the original SARS-CoV-2 strain and other variants of concern.

25 Oct 2021

How pregnancy influences SARS-CoV-2 immune response

A focus article published in Science Translational Medicine highlighted two recently published studies that investigated the response of pregnant women to natural infections and COVID-19 vaccines.

25 Oct 2021

Role of SARS-CoV-2 infection biomarkers in HIV replication

A new study investigates the role of the S100A8/A9 complex in the replication of HIV.

25 Oct 2021

Blood pressure drug increases SARS-CoV-2 receptors in transmission and pathogenesis associated tissues

A new study aimed to determine whether ACE2 targeting drugs change the tissue levels of ACE2 in healthy mice.

25 Oct 2021

Study suggests seropositive individuals produce anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies with improved potency and breadth

Researchers isolated single cells among individuals with and without prior infection with the SARS-CoV-2 vaccinated with BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine and compared the nature of the neutralizing antibody response against the original Wuhan virus and the subsequent variants.

25 Oct 2021

SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant transmitted by fully vaccinated individuals in Provincetown, Massachusetts

A new study, posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, describes the genomic epidemiology of this outbreak. It provides a deeper understanding of viral transmission from and between fully vaccinated individuals.

25 Oct 2021

How COVID-19 affects household food security

A new study published on the bioRxiv* preprint server investigates changes in household food insecurity throughout the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. To do this, researchers followed a cohort of Vermonters and examined the socio-demographic characteristics correlated with increased odds of experiencing food insecurity.

25 Oct 2021

EKF Diagnostics to exhibit new STAT-Site WB β-ketone and glucose handheld analyzer at Medica 2021

EKF Diagnostics, the global in vitro diagnostics company, announces that it will be exhibiting live & in person at Medica 2021 (Hall 3 Stand B71) for the first time in mainland Europe in two years.

From EKF Diagnostics 25 Oct 2021

Cancer patients have impaired antibody responses to COVID-19 mRNA vaccines

A new study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server studies the neutralizing antibody response in cancer patients diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), lung cancer, breast cancer, and various non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas (NHL), post-reception of two doses of messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines.

25 Oct 2021

COVID lockdowns affect preschoolers' eating, activity and sleep routines, parents say

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic brought in its wake a slew of restrictions on leaving the house, social interactions and educational or business opportunities. For very young children growing up under these conditions, the change is marked. A new study from the UK reports the effect of these changes in the typical pattern of life on preschool children.

24 Oct 2021

SARS News and Research

Regulating blood insulin levels in obese, diabetic patients may help reduce COVID-19 risk

Can targeting autophagy become a new approach to COVID-19 treatment?

Researchers investigate SARS-CoV-2 specific immunity in young Swedish adults

A new vaccine approach that could prevent future pandemics

Development of light-based tool for the inactivation of SARS-CoV-2

Are non-human primates at risk of SARS-CoV-2 exposure through wastewater contact?

Molecular features of SARS-CoV-2 variant receptor binding

Study finds FDA-approved drug has potent antiviral activity against SARS-CoV-2 and variants of concern

How pregnancy influences SARS-CoV-2 immune response

Role of SARS-CoV-2 infection biomarkers in HIV replication

Blood pressure drug increases SARS-CoV-2 receptors in transmission and pathogenesis associated tissues

Study suggests seropositive individuals produce anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies with improved potency and breadth

SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant transmitted by fully vaccinated individuals in Provincetown, Massachusetts

How COVID-19 affects household food security

EKF Diagnostics to exhibit new STAT-Site WB β-ketone and glucose handheld analyzer at Medica 2021

Cancer patients have impaired antibody responses to COVID-19 mRNA vaccines

COVID lockdowns affect preschoolers' eating, activity and sleep routines, parents say

Compared to influenza, COVID-19 is more likely to cause venous thrombosis

Targeting SARS-CoV-2 with Chaga mushroom – a natural antiviral compound

A comparison between Pfizer/BioNTech's and Sinopharm's SARS-CoV-2 vaccines

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