A study at the University of San Diego claims to have proof that COVID-19 is not a respiratory illness, but a vascular one.
This could explain blood clots in some COVID patients and other issues like "COVID feet", which are not classic symptoms of a respiratory illness.
The study, published in the journal Circulation Research, shows with precision how virus damages the...
Researchers with the University of Western Ontario have used a blood clotting enzyme called reptilase or batroxobin to create a glue that is so strong in its properties that it can stop bleeding in mere seconds.
Western University bioengineer Kibret Mequanint used the venom of the lancehead (Fer de Lance) snake (Bothrops atrox) to develop a body tissue adhesive that...
An international team of researchers from 13 countries has found that combination therapy with aspirin, statins (cholesterol-lowering drugs) and two drugs to correct blood pressure help reduce the risk of death from cardiovascular disease. Their work is published in The Lancet (https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)01827-4/fulltext).
The scientists analyzed data from three clinical studies on 18 thousand patients from 26 countries who had no...
Professor Tim Spector, who heads up the ZOE Covid symptoms app, said five variations of marks on the fingernails could be an indicator to show whether you've beaten the deadly virus
Covid nails are a telltale sign to show whether you've had the virus or not, an expert has said. Prof Tim Spector initially tweeted back in May that five...
A press release from the ZOE COVID Study suggests that vaccine protection provided by two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines is waning in the first vaccinated.
Dr Peter English, Retired Consultant in Communicable Disease Control, Former Editor of Vaccines in Practice, Immediate past Chair of the BMA Public Health Medicine Committee, said:
“The press release is disappointing. As...
In an attempt to make breathing devices available to low-income and isolated areas, scientists have developed the LeVe CPAP System for respiratory support to treat COVID patients with tests showing promising results. Making respiratory support more available to support COVID patients
The surge of COVID-19 infections in low- and middle-income countries requires alternative strategies to those implemented in wealthier nations.
In...
"It's intended to be friendly," the carmaker's CEO joked.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Thursday unveiled a humanoid robot called the Tesla Bot that runs on the same AI used by Tesla's fleet of autonomous vehicles. A functioning version of the robot didn't make an appearance during Musk's reveal, though a slightly bizarre dance by a performer dressed like a Tesla Bot did.
The unexpected reveal...
The next article on the results of joint research conducted by the scientists of the Institute of Chemistry of Additives of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ICA), academician Vagif Farzaliyev, doctor of chemical sciences, Associate Professor Afsun Sujayev, Ph.D., Associate Professor Irada Rzayeva and scientists of Baku State University (BSU) - academician Abel Maharramov, Professor Malahat Gurbanova, doctoral...
The SEROCOV study also provides evidence that pre-existing antibodies to common cold coronaviruses may be protective
The levels of IgG antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein remain stable, or even increase, seven months after infection, according to a follow-up study in a cohort of healthcare workers coordinated by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), an institution supported by “la Caixa” Foundation,...
A study conducted at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, USA, and the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, USA, has determined the transmission rate, immune escape ability, and infection fatality rate of the B.1.526 variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
The findings reveal that the variant has considerably higher transmissibility and...