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...
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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...
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...
Conservative and social media usage associated with misinformation about COVID-19
"People relying on mainstream TV and print news better informed" Source: ANNENBERG PUBLIC POLICY CENTER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA...
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...
Nursing Homes Prepared for Pandemics, but COVID-19 Reveals Gaps
"Survey of Michigan nursing homes at start of coronavirus suggests great improvement since just before the H1N1 pandemic." Source: MICHIGAN...
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...
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:...