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Infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can produce a wide range of symptoms. Some patients experience heart complications with COVID-19 such as a change in heart rhythm. Some…
One of the mysteries about SARS-CoV-2 is why some patients, even those with no underlying health conditions, become critically ill or die, while others are asymptomatic, even patients classed as…
A large-scale clinical trial in the United Kingdom has shown that the steroid dexamethasone decreases the rate of death in COVID-19 patients requiring oxygen, although the drug has no effect…
Researchers in Sweden have identified a gene that is essential for the survival of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) stem cells. AML is characterized by the accumulation of immature, abnormally differentiated…
Researchers at Okayama University have identified the conditions under which normal liver stem cells develop into cancer stem cells (CSCs) and have demonstrated conversion under environmental conditions without genetic manipulation….
Following the announcement by President Trump that he is taking hydroxychloroquine, many people have been searching for evidence for hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus infections to see if there is a case…
New data suggests smokers have a much higher risk of COVID-19 complications than non-smokers, but the reasons why are not understood. One recent study suggests that the reason may be…
Researchers have identified a fully human monoclonal antibody that prevents SARS-CoV-2 from infecting human cultured cells. Monoclonal antibodies are man-made molecules that mimic human antibodies in the immune system. As…
Two new studies have been published in the past few days that shed light on how SARS-CoV-2 spreads and enters the body and identifies the specific cell types that the…
Washington University School of Medicine researchers have cured a type of diabetes in mice using the CRISPR gene editing tool. Diabetes is caused when the islet beta cells of the…