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Biomarker, Innovation

Structural and molecular contributions to understanding antibody recognition of pathogenic viruses

November 1, 2021

Via: The Medical News

Viral infections may have enormous global impacts, as evidenced by the recent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). History has many other examples, such as the Ebola epidemics of 2013- 2016, […]


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Coronavirus company news summary – Fulgent introduces Covid-19 neutralising antibody test for at-home use – RADx Tech scientists progress studies of at-home rapid Covid-19 tests

October 28, 2021

Via: medicaldevice-network.com

The Aptima SARS-CoV-2/Flu Assay from Hologic is now available for commercial use in North America and Europe. The test can simultaneously identify SARS-CoV-2, influenza A and influenza B. The test runs on the company’s fully automated Panther system, which can […]


Innovation, Research

Factors impacting mental health and wellbeing of long covid patients

October 19, 2021

Via: The Medical News

As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic progressed across the world, leaving hundreds of millions of infections in its wake, about one in ten found themselves experiencing prolonged symptoms of ill-health even after the virus had been eliminated from the […]


Innovation, Research

COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough infections among immunocompromised individuals

October 19, 2021

Via: The Medical News

A Pfizer-funded large study of breakthrough infections in immunocompromised people following two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) concluded that the vaccine largely prevented such infections, but that immunocompromised people would be […]


Biomarker, Innovation

Inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 helicase by single DNA lesions

October 18, 2021

Via: The Medical News

The genome of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) encodes for several non-structural proteins (NSP) involved in viral replication and propagation, with NSP13 known to play a role in RNA unwinding and subsequent transcription of the single-stranded template. The […]


Innovation, Research

Taste loss as a COVID-19 symptom: a review

October 12, 2021

Via: The Medical News

A new review reports that alterations in taste affected about a third of individuals with a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) diagnosis, with females being affected more than males. Background A few months into the pandemic, specialists in otorhinolaryngology reported high […]


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Study finds US pediatric COVID-19 cases are higher than expected

October 1, 2021

Via: The Medical News

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) seroprevalence studies have been used since early in the pandemic to identify population immunity, rates of transmission, risk factors, and the response of ‘immune’ individuals to variants of concern. Generally, these studies involve gathering serum from […]


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Coronavirus company news summary – QIAGEN to increase US production of Covid-19 tests – Longhorn and SiO2 partner on test transport tubes for large labs

October 1, 2021

Via: medicaldevice-network.com

QIAGEN has secured a new contract from the US Government to boost production capacity for Covid-19 tests running on NeuMoDx instruments. The $3.4m contract was awarded by the Department of Defense (DoD). Under the contract, QIAGEN will increase production of […]


Innovation, Med Tech

New cell-free antibody generation platform successfully creates neutralizing antibodies effective against SARS-CoV-2

September 21, 2021

Via: The Medical News

Monoclonal antibodies have a multitude of uses – they can treat viral diseases such as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), be used in diagnostic tests such as lateral flow tests to detect the presence of disease, or past instances of it, […]


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Vaccination of children before school reopening may control COVID-19 pandemic

September 15, 2021

Via: The Medical News

A team of scientists from the UK has recently explored the impact of non-pharmaceutical control measures and vaccination on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic during school reopening in England. The findings reveal that vaccination of children over the age […]


Innovation, Research

How effective are COVID-19 vaccines against mild and severe disease?

September 14, 2021

Via: The Medical News

A new paper in the New England Journal of Medicine reports on the effectiveness of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines in a healthcare setting. The researchers found that vaccines based on the messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) platform were 88% […]


Innovation, Research

Research suggests current smokers not at excess risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection

September 13, 2021

Via: The Medical News

Despite having numerous negative health consequences, the epidemiological relationship between cigarette smoking and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is controversial. Now, a new study published on the bioRxiv* preprint server investigates this relationship further and suggests that […]


Innovation, Research

Effects of non-pharmaceutical interventions and mutations on COVID-19 resurgence

September 7, 2021

Via: The Medical News

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has infected more than 221 million people and caused over 4.57 million deaths. The implementation of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) such as social distancing, mask-wearing, lockdowns, […]


Innovation, Research

Risk of COVID-19 transmission from animals to older adults

September 2, 2021

Via: The Medical News

The current pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is generally considered a zoonotic one (i.e., of animal origin). Little is known, however, about whether it has any animal reservoirs that […]


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J&J, without details, makes case for a coronavirus booster shot

August 25, 2021

Via: Healthcare Dive

The debate surrounding the need for boosters has largely centered on the two messenger RNA shots from Pfizer and Moderna, each of which has been the most widely used in the U.S. and, as a result, have the most detailed […]


Innovation, Research

Study uses computational modeling of coronavirus spike proteins to examine dynamics responsible for immunogenicity and immune escape

August 23, 2021

Via: The Medical News

The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This is a highly infectious RNA virus belonging to the family Coronaviridae of the genus Betacoronavirus. One of the most significant properties […]


Innovation, Research

SARS-CoV-2 mutations alter dynamics of neutralizing antibodies

August 20, 2021

Via: The Medical News

A new study published on the preprint server bioRxiv* describes how monoclonal antibodies raised against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are affected by mutations in the antibody binding site. This finding could help design newer and better […]


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Scientists propose innovative method to test the effectiveness of coronavirus medicines

August 18, 2021

Via: The Medical News

South Ural State University (SUSU) scientists have proposed an innovative method for testing the effectiveness of medicines for coronavirus. According to the researchers, it is necessary to focus on the maximum coincidence of the ligand and the receptor. The results […]


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Science shows mask-wearing is largely safe for children

August 18, 2021

Via: The Medical News

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is one of a handful of Republican governors trying to block school districts from requiring masks in the classroom. Under DeSantis’ direction, the state health department adopted a rule that lets families opt out of locally […]


Innovation, Research

Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine offers decreased protection six months after second dose, suggests Israeli study

August 6, 2021

Via: The Medical News

As of August 6, 2021, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is the virus responsible for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has infected over 201 million people and caused the deaths of almost 4.3 million worldwide. The […]