Expert offers advice for looking after your immune system during COVID-19 Dr. Glen Davison, a Nutrition and Exercise Immunology expert at the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, has addressed some questions regarding how exercise and nutrition affect the immune system. He has related this to ... Apr 24, 2020 0 2
Coronavirus drifts through the air in microscopic droplets – here's the science of infectious aerosols During the 1970s when I was growing up in Southern California, the air was so polluted that I was regularly sent home from high school to "shelter in place." There might not seem to be much in common between staying home ... Apr 24, 2020 0 6
Can stem cells treat COVID-19? Niels-Bjarne Woods, a researcher at Lund University in Sweden, has developed lung-specific mesenchymal stem cells to treat inflammation of the lungs and fibrosis. This research now may be the needed breakthrough for treatment ... Apr 24, 2020 0 3
The downside of social distancing When faced with danger, humans draw closer together. Social distancing thwarts this impulse. LMU's Professor Ophelia Deroy and colleagues argue that this dilemma poses a greater threat to society than overtly antisocial behavior. Apr 24, 2020 0 12
Syphilis eludes immune attack by altering a single gene The bacterium that causes syphilis, Treponema pallidum, likely uses a single gene to escape the immune system, research from UW Medicine in Seattle suggests. Apr 24, 2020 0 489
Digestive disease expert examines COVID-19 attacks on the liver An attack on the respiratory system causing severe cough and shortness of breath is what many of us associate with the worst effects of COVID-19. Apr 24, 2020 0 25
Team develops quick detection system for COVID-19 cases A new on-site nucleic acid detection system for quick identification of the SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19 was recently developed by a research team at the Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology (SIBET) ... Apr 24, 2020 0 0
Mobile 'location' data could help guide COVID-19 social distancing measures How well are quarantines and social distancing working to slow the COVID-19 pandemic? When is it safe for us to return to school or work? The answers could lie, in part, in the "location" data that companies like Google collect ... Apr 24, 2020 0 2
COVID-19: New daily routines for medications Schedules and routines are being affected as people stay-at-home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Apr 24, 2020 0 4
FDA approves another chemotherapy alternative for aggressive form of breast cancer As of Wednesday, there's an FDA-approved treatment option besides chemotherapy for people with triple-negative breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body. Apr 24, 2020 0 12