A new drug offers hope for young boys with the progressive neuromuscular disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) by potentially offering
Month: September 2020
Ultrapotent antibody mix blocks COVID-19 virus attachment
A mix of ultrapotent antibodies from recovered COVID-19 patients has been shown to recognize and lock down the infection machinery
Tiny airborne particles may pose a big coronavirus problem
At a University of Maryland lab, people infected with the new coronavirus take turns sitting in a chair and putting
Contact tracing study results recommend consistent wearing of masks, handwashing, and social distancing in public
A contact tracing study presented at this year’s ESCMID Conference on Coronavirus Disease (ECCVID) confirms the effectiveness of wearing of
160 genes linked to brain shrinkage in study of 45,000 adults
A new study implicates 160 genes in brain shrinkage seen on MRIs of 45,000 healthy adults. The shrinkage is in
Insomnia, sleeping less than six hours may increase risk of cognitive impairment
Middle-aged adults who report symptoms of insomnia and are sleeping less than six hours a night may be at increased
Heart rhythm in COVID-19 patients receiving short term treatment with hydroxychloroquine
Short-term hydroxychloroquine treatment is not associated with lethal heart rhythms in patients with COVID-19 who are risk assessed prior to
Coronavirus and other deadly epidemics
The novel coronavirus pandemic, soon to pass the milestone of one million deaths, has a higher toll compared with other
How coronavirus has spread across the world
On January 11, the first coronavirus death was officially recorded in China. Eight months after the identification of the disease
Something old, something new combine for effective vaccine against parasitic skin disease
Scientists are planning for Phase 1 human trials of a vaccine they developed by using CRISPR gene-editing technology to mutate
