Virologists thought they had seen the worst of SARS-CoV-2's variants when delta emerged in the spring of 2021, but by fall a new one was in circulation with a slew of spike protein mutations that took the scientific community ...
Genetics play an important role in how our bodies respond to vaccines and booster shots, suggesting that certain protective responses elicited by vaccination could be more effective with personalization, according to a new ...
Feb 23, 2022
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Tufts researchers are building a reputation for precision targeting in drug delivery. Their tools: tiny lipid-based nanoparticles (LNPs) fine-tuned to latch on to specific tissues, organs, even cell types within the body. ...
Feb 23, 2022
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Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report that a prospective study of 14 infants and children demonstrated that convalescent plasma—a blood product collected from patients recovered from infections with the coronavirus ...
Feb 7, 2022
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By serving both as fuel for cells and as molecular building blocks in their membranes, fatty acids are critical to human functioning and development.
Jan 31, 2022
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Transfusions of blood plasma donated by people who have already recovered from infection with the pandemic virus may help other patients hospitalized with COVID-19, a new international study shows.
Jan 25, 2022
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Levels of proteins in the plasma of patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) are significantly dysregulated and share features with two other inflammatory syndromes, according to a new study by ...
Jan 24, 2022
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January is National Blood Donor Month, which makes this a good time to become a blood donor.
Jan 20, 2022
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Convalescent plasma therapy was one of the first treatments available in the battle against COVID-19. But since the therapy's emergency use authorization by the Food and Drug Administration in August 2020, its supposed benefits ...
Jan 19, 2022
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The results of a nationwide, multicenter clinical trial led by Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health provides solid evidence for the use of plasma from convalescent patients—those ...
Dec 21, 2021
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