High-throughput miniaturized diagnostic platform for viral screening
"The diagnostic platform CARMEN combines microfluidics with the CRISPR-based detection technology SHERLOCK, and could one day be used for public...
Corona
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...
Scientists hunt for antibodies key in fight against coronaviruses
"Virtually all of the ways to fight COVID-19 hinge on finding antibodies. These little molecules can latch onto viruses and...
‘Artificial Intelligence’ in real-time health monitoring of hospitalized patients
"Epic's machine learning model scans health records and alerts doctors automatically before patients need an ICU admission or other care...
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...
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...
Researchers develop breakthrough antibody test for COVID-19 virus
"A step-by-step protocol with enough detail for other researchers to replicate in their laboratories." Source: WILEY Several tests have been...
‘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...
Stanford researchers developing rapid field test for COVID-19
"Stanford engineers are developing a portable field testing device based on microfluidics that health care workers could use to quickly...
MIT team races to fill Covid-19-related ventilator shortage
"An ad hoc team of engineers and doctors has developed a low-cost, open-source alternative, now ready for rapid production." Source:...
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) ...