In this interview with Alessandra Renieri we hear about the GEN-COVID network in Italy working to dsicover the genetic variability in COVID-19 patients who show phenotypic differences and what this means for treating the disease.
Malara parasites showing artemisinin resistance previously seen in South-East Asia have recently emerged in areas of Rwanda in Sub-Saharan Africa. If the mutation causing resistance becomes prevalent across the continent it could have major public health impacts.
In collaboration with the University of Southampton, Synairgen (both Southampton, UK) have announced positive results from their recent trial of SNG001, a novel protein based COVID-19 drug.
A research team from The Rosalind Franklin Institute, Diamond Light Source, The University of Oxford and Public Health England have engineered nanobodies from llama antibodies that show protective immune effects against SARS-CoV-2.
Differences in lung physiology and immune function in children may lie behind their decreased rates of symptomatic infections, hospitalization and death, according to a study from The University of Texas and Baylor College of Medicine (both TX, USA).
In a collaborative study between the University of South Florida (USF Health; FL, USA) and the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy (AZ, USA), several existing drugs have been identified as potential therapies for COVID-19.
The emergence and global spread of SARS-CoV-2 has prompted scientific study on an unprecedented scale, with an urgent need for…
Researchers have identified a specific change in the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus spike protein that may increase its transmission, making it more infectious in cell culture.
This month’s top COVID-19 research articles include several studies citing the benefits of facemasks, as well as research investigating adaptive immunity to SARS-CoV-2 and a genome-wide study exploring COVID-19 severity.
Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have discovered that SARS-CoV-2 can infect human myocardiocytes in vitro. COVID-19 infection can cause heart problems. This study demonstrates that this could be due to direct infection of myocardiocytes by the virus.
