SARS-CoV2 tricks ‘our immune system’ for high infectivity
"This study is focusing on understanding what SARS-CoV-2 does in the body, why some people are more susceptible, and how...
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CAR-T cell immunotherapy for COVID-19 treatment
"Immunotherapy utilising own immune cells might also be useful in treating other difficult diseases, such as HIV, HBV, beside cancers"...
Dietary supplements an important weapon for fighting off COVID-19
"Supplements containing vitamins C and D and other micronutrients are a safe, effective and low-cost means of helping your immune...
CAS team develops quick detection system for COVID-19 cases
"The system requires only 20 μl of swab or sputum samples, making it easy and convenient to use." Source: CHINESE...
Groundbreaking development in rapid large-scale testing of COVID-19
"OU Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation file for FDA Emergency Use Authorization for...
COVID-19: The downside of social distancing
"When faced with danger, humans draw closer together. Social distancing thwarts this impulse. Professor Ophelia Deroy from Ludwigs-Maximilians Universitaet in...
‘Ultrabright fluorescent nanoprobe’ for rapid and sensitive detection of coronavirus
'The test is based on a new bio-labeling technology called plasmonic-fluor.' Source: Washington University in St. Louis News Engineers at...
Researchers identify cells likely targeted by Covid-19 virus
"Study finds specific cells in the lungs, nasal passages, and intestines that are more susceptible to infection" Source: Anne Trafton...
FDA authorizes the use of blood purification system to treat the ‘cytokine storm’ in COVID-19 patients
Source: FDA Newsroom The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for a blood purification system to treat patients...
A Collection of Diagnostic Protocols For Testing Coronavirus
Pasteur Institute’s Real-Time RT-PCR protocol for detecting SARS-CoV2 using primers against two RNA-dependent-RNA-polymerase targets (IP2 and IP4) ...
CRISPR-Based Diagnostic Tool for Rapid Detection of COVID-19
"The study, published in Nature Biotechnology, demonstrates the potential of Mammoth’s CRISPR-based platform to decentralize diagnostics" Source: MammothBiosciences Newsroom Mammoth...
SOP for Diagnostic Research Lab for COVID-19 using RT-PCR
The declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic has necessitated concerted efforts to screen, diagnose and manage the disease. RT-PCR...