POSTS TAGGED AS COVID-19

The Man in the Iron Lung

 
The man in an iron lung
Paul Alexander was one of the earliest “baby-boomers,” and when he was six years old, [MORE]

First Non-Symptomatic Test for COVID-19

COVID testing
Two months ago: “FDA’s authorization of the first diagnostic test to be used for anyone, regardless of whether they [MORE]

Is SARS-CoV-2 Becoming More Infectious?

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As SARS-CoV-2 passes through millions of human genomes, selection pressure is evolving a sturdier spike protein that makes the virus [MORE]

Sensor-Imbedded Clothing for Monitoring COVID-19

Nanowear sensor-imbedded clothing for COVID
“New Jersey-based Hackensack Meridian Health Systems and Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York are working with [MORE]

A Breathalyzer for COVID-19

Canary COVID-19 breathalyzer
South African scientists will start field testing a breathalyzer that could become an inexpensive and rapid way to [MORE]

Breath Analysis for COVID-19

Flu detector
In a matter of months, research labs around the world have come up with an enormous number of innovations [MORE]

27 Blood Biomarkers of COVID-19

Blood proteins could help predict severity COVID-19
From the Francis Crick Institute and the Charite Hospital in Berlin: “The researchers refined [MORE]

What Triggers a Cytokine Storm?

Signaling events and-cellular effects induced by-AngII via AT1R
It is now well established that SARS-CoV-2 targets the human ACE2 receptor to [MORE]

Electrochemical Face Masks

 
Electrical anti-viral face mask
Indiana University engineers have shown how a new material can provide superior control of viral particles.  “The [MORE]

Surfaces in the Spread of Virus

Robotic disinfection for hospitals
At Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, researchers there wanted to see how far and for how [MORE]

A Wearable for COVID-19 Detection and Surveillance

 
Philips Biosensor BX100. a
Royal Philips has had its “Biosensor BX100” FDA approved for detecting COVID-19, based on monitoring heart beat [MORE]

The Dark Side of COVID-19 Antibody Testing

COVID-19 antibody testing
Here’s the rub; the world awaits an accurate diagnostic for COVID-19, but in the rush to meet the [MORE]

COVID and Neurological Disorders

Necrotizing hemorrhagic encephalopathy
COVID-19’s symptoms are still sorting out, but perhaps its most frightening manifestation is acute necrotizing hemorrhagic encephalopathy.  In [MORE]

A COVID-19 Biobank

COVID-19
Last February, when more than 100 Biogen representatives from around the world attended a conference, they unwittingly became a means [MORE]