Study Finds Metformin Reduced COVID-19 Death Risks in Women
University of Minnesota | December4th,2020
Protection in women over men may point toward inflammation reduction as a key way that metformin reduces risk from COVID-19
Infectious Disease
Ongoing Anticoagulant Use Does Not Seem to Protect Against Severe COVID-19
Karolinska Institutet | December3rd,2020
The use of anticoagulants did not reduce the rate of hospitalization, intensive care, or fatality due to COVID-19
More Than One-Third of Children with COVID-19 Show No Symptoms
University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry | December2nd,2020
The research also shows that cough, runny nose, and sore throat were not predictive of having COVID-19
Improve Your COVID-19 Testing Workflow and Reduce the Demand on Employees
Clinical Lab Manager | December1st,2020
Streamlining your SARS-CoV-2 testing workflow can help alleviate stress and burnout among your employees
Wuhan Mass Screening Identifies Hundreds of Asymptomatic COVID-19 Cases
University of East Anglia | December1st,2020
There was no 'viable' virus in the asymptomatic cases, but the study does not show that the virus cannot be passed on by asymptomatic carriers
How SARS-CoV-2 Reaches the Brain
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin | November30th,2020
Electron microscopy images of SARS-CoV-2 within the olfactory mucosa suggest the virus enters the brain this way
New Model Can Predict Cellular Drug Targets Against COVID-19
University of Warwick | November27th,2020
Drugs could potentially target host-based metabolic perturbations to inhibit SARS-CoV-2 reproduction
Mammoth Biosciences Signs Agreements with MilliporeSigma and Hamilton Company Targeting Commercialization of High-Throughput CRISPR-based SARS CoV-2 Test
Mammoth Biosciences | November26th,2020
The company has signed agreements with MilliporeSigma to scale manufacturing and with Hamilton Company to market a turnkey solution to help CLIA laboratories rapidly add testing capacity
Researchers Reveal How Genetic Variations Are Linked to COVID-19 Severity
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | November26th,2020
Genomic "hot spots" associated with COVID-19 severity could be targets for therapeutic intervention
COVID-19 Virus Survives on Surfaces for Hours
American Institute of Physics | November25th,2020
Researchers found that the SARS-CoV-2 virus survived on surfaces for hours within a thin film