Researchers cultivate mini lungs for SARS-CoV-2 research A Bochum-based team intends to use organoids from stem cells to study the progression of SARS-CoV-2 infection and to identify antiviral substances. May 29, 2020 0 2
Taming COVID-19 requires urgent search for both vaccine and treatment Bonnie Robeson, a senior lecturer at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, knows what it's like to take part in an urgent race to find a vaccine or treatment for a lethal malady, such as the current effort to contain the ... May 29, 2020 0 2
Scientists call for a contact tracing app regulator Rolling out contact-tracing apps for COVID-19 without considering their wide ethical and social implications can be "dangerous, costly and useless," argue four digital-ethics experts in a Comment piece in Nature. May 29, 2020 0 3
Laser, biosciences researchers combine efforts to study viruses in droplets Laser and biology experts at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) are working together to develop a platform and experiments to study the structure and components of viruses like the one causing COVID-19, ... May 29, 2020 0 2
Study charts developmental map of inner ear sound sensor in mice A team of researchers has generated a developmental map of a key sound-sensing structure in the mouse inner ear. Scientists at the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), part of the National ... May 29, 2020 0 52
Research probes why COVID-19 seems to spare young children Lung disease experts at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and their colleagues have determined a key factor as to why COVID-19 appears to infect and sicken adults and older people preferentially while seeming to spare ... May 29, 2020 0 10
Smell or taste loss the first or only symptom of COVID-19 among nearly 40% of survey respondents A change in sense of smell or taste was the first or only symptom for nearly 40% of respondents to a recent survey about COVID-19, according to preliminary results published by Virginia Commonwealth University researchers ... May 29, 2020 0 3
Taking time to commune with nature increases feelings of connection to it, study shows In designing a recent study, Notre Dame Professor of Psychology Darcia Narvaez wanted to test the possibility of promoting the sense of ecological attachment that was inherently part of many pre-industrialized societies and ... May 29, 2020 0 61
Study suggests wastewater at treatment plants can be used as a barometer for COVID-19 infection rates A team of researchers at Yale University (with assistance from the Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station) has found early signs that testing wastewater for SARS-CoV-2 virus RNA can be used to gauge early COVID-19 ... May 29, 2020 report 0 373
Experimental drug found to improve symptoms of generalized myasthenia gravis Argenx, a Belgian drug maker, recently announced a successful phase 3 ADAPT trial of its experimental drug, efgartigimod. The company plans to seek U.S. approval of the drug by the end of year as a potential new treatment ... May 29, 2020 0 12
