SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, attaches to a cellular receptor called angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), and activation of the farnesoid X receptor increases ACE2 expression. New research published in the ...
Apr 5, 2023
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Critically ill COVID-19 patients often have antibodies in their blood that bind to the body's own structures, so-called autoantibodies. Scientists from the BIH at Charité and the Max Delbrück Center have now discovered that ...
Apr 4, 2023
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A study led by scientists from Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has identified a protease called MT1-MMP that is a major host factor behind the infectivity of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the human body, which leads to the ...
Mar 20, 2023
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The constant evolution of new COVID-19 variants makes it critical for clinicians to have multiple therapies in their arsenal for treating drug-resistant infections. Researchers have now discovered that a new class of oral ...
Mar 9, 2023
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Viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, use an extensive arsenal to help them cleverly evade the immune system, proliferate and cause disease. Among their formidable weapons is the ability to ceaselessly mutate, developing new variants ...
Feb 27, 2023
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Studies from animal models suggest that frequent alcohol consumption may lead to an increased risk of COVID-19 infection and present a potential for complications in disease progression.
Feb 20, 2023
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Two common wild plants contain extracts that inhibit the ability of the virus that causes COVID-19 to infect living cells, an Emory University study finds. Scientific Reports published the results—the first major screening ...
Feb 10, 2023
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New UCLA research suggests that smoking tobacco and vaping electronic cigarettes may increase healthy young people's risk for developing severe COVID illness.
Feb 9, 2023
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What if preventing respiratory illnesses such as COVID-19 and influenza could be as easy as a quick spritz of nasal spray every morning?
Jan 12, 2023
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The heavily-mutated omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, was first detected in late 2021.
Jan 12, 2023
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