The latest nCov-19 research, de-mystified
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Impact of COVID-19 on Pregnancy Outcomes
This article was reviewed by Dr. Philip Lange, one of our subject matter experts. The paper we’ll be demystifying can be found here, if you’d like to follow along! TL;DR Researchers found that the clinical characteristics among pregnant women infected with COVID-19 are similar to non-pregnant adults. It was also found that COVID-19 during pregnancy…
Mosaic Vaccines and COVID19
A ‘pan-coronavirus’ vaccine would protect immunized people against many coronaviruses at once- stopping future pandemics before they happen. Here’s the fun part: how do we make one?
COVID-19 Outbreak in an Air-Conditioned Restaurant
The paper we’ll be demystifying can be found here, if you’d like to follow along! This article was reviewed by Dr. Zachary Benet, one of our subject matter experts. Tl;DR A COVID-19 outbreak infected 10 people from 3 different families, who all ate lunch at the same restaurant. The outbreak most likely occurred from droplet…
Death from COVID-19 Causes Man’s Fall from 3 metre Height
This post was reviewed by Dr. Jasmin Chahal, one of our subject matter experts. The paper we’ll be demystifying can be found here, if you’d like to follow along! TL;DR Autopsy reports reveal that a man had fallen from a height of 3 metres because he had passed away from COVID-19. Introduction Currently, there are…
Immune States in Severe COVID19 Cases
This article was reviewed by E. Idil Temel, one of our subject matter experts. The paper we’re demystifying today can be found here, if you would like to follow along. Summary The researchers in this study wanted to investigate and get a better understanding of how the immune system cells respond to mild-to-moderate and severe cases…
Cleaning House: How SARS-CoV-2 Evades Cellular Clean-up
Image credit: “Mouse Intestine Tissue Autophagy” by Dimitra Kalamida is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 license. This article was reviewed by Dr. Phil Lange, one of our subject matter experts. The paper we’ll be demystifying can be found here, if you’d like to follow along! TL;DR: Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences found a SARS-CoV-2…
A Crystal Clear View of the SARS-CoV-2 Protease
This article was reviewed by Dr. Daniel Kneller and Dr. Andrey Kovalevsky. Dr. Kneller is the first author on this paper and Dr. Kovalevsky is the principle investigator. Drs Kneller and Kovalevsky are also two of our subject matter experts. The paper we’re demystifying today can be found here, if you’d like to follow along. Introduction As…
Are HIV-Infected Adults More At-Risk For COVID-19?
This article was reviewed by Dr. Carolina Camargo, one of our subject matter experts. The paper we’ll be demystifying can be found here, if you’d like to follow along! TL;DR Adults living with HIV are similarly affected by COVID-19 in comparison to the public. Therefore, HIV-infected adults should receive similar COVID-19 treatment options as the…
Smell and Taste Changes: The Best Way to Guide Lockdown Policy?
For the original article, please follow this link. This article was reviewed by Dr. Emily Bowman, one of our subject matter experts. Brief Summary: This study by Denis Pierron et al. investigated the reliability of self-reported smell and taste change numbers across France as an indicator to predict surges of COVID-19 hospital admissions and a basis for…
Investigating T cell Immune Response to SARS-CoV-2
This post was reviewed by Dr. Emily Bowman, one of our subject matter experts. The paper we’re demystifying today can be found here, if you’d like to tag along! Summary Researchers investigated the immune system’s T-cell response to the SARS-CoV-2 virus in people who were completely unexposed to COVID-19, people who were exposed to COVID-19…
The In-Crowd: SARS-CoV-2 vs. Your Microbiome
Image credit: “Petri dishes with cultures of bacteria grown on agar jelly.” by M. J. Richardson is under a CC BY-SA 2.0 License. This post was reviewed by Dr. Brett Finlay, one of our subject matter experts. This study was conducted by researchers from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. The paper we’ll be demystifying…
Effect of SARS-CoV-2 infection in human airway cells
This post was reviewed by Dr. Jasmin Chahal, one of our subject matter experts. For the original article, please follow this link. TL;DR: Compared to other coronaviruses (SARS-CoV and HCoV-NL63), SARS-CoV-2 spreads much more efficiently in a short time although all three coronaviruses use the same receptor to enter the cell and infect it. In…
A Peek at Pfizer’s Vaccine Candidate
This post was reviewed by Dr. Zachary Benet, one of our subject matter experts. The paper we’re demystifying today can be found here, if you’d like to follow along. TL;DR BNT162b1 is an RNA-based vaccine against SARS-CoV-2. This Phase 1/2 clinical data is promising, because it shows that vaccination causes a strong antibody response, including neutralizing…
UV Rays Zap Human Coronaviruses
Image credit: “Fluorescent Led Ultraviolet” by sum+it is under the Pexels License This post was reviewed by E. Idil Temel, one of our subject matter experts. This study was conducted by researchers from Columbia University Irving Medical Center. The paper we’ll be demystifying can be found here, if you’d like to follow along! TL;DR: Researchers investigated…
Arabic Translation: SARS-CoV-2 Is NOT Man Made
**هذه ترجمة لهذه الصفحة** .(يمكن العثور على الورقة التي نتكلم عنها هنا ، إذا كنت تريد المتابعة)
The Oxford Saga: A New Hope
This post has been reviewed by Dr. Brett Finlay and Dr. Carolina Camargo, some of our subject matter experts. The paper we’re demystifying today can be found here, if you’d like to follow along. TL;DR: The Gilbert group’s vaccine candidate, ChAdOx1 nCov-19, was found to be safe and well-tolerated in the group of patients that…
Potential COVID-19 Drug Target: 3CL Mpro
For the original article, please follow this link. This post was reviewed by Dr. Kelly Summers and Dr. Andrey Kovalevsky, some of our subject matter experts. Brief Summary 3CL Mpro is a SARS-CoV-2 enzyme (the virus causing COVID-19) that processes other SARS-CoV-2 polyproteins (by slicing them up into smaller pieces) critical for the viral life cycle…
Gone with the Wind: SARS-CoV-2 in the Air
This post was reviewed by Dr. Zachary Benet, one of our subject matter experts. The paper we’ll be demystifying can be found here, if you’d like to follow along! This research was conducted by scientists at Erasmus University Medical Center in The Netherlands. TL;DR: Researchers infected ferrets with SARS-CoV-2 and placed these ‘patient zero’ ferrets…
Monkeying Around with a COVID-19 Vaccine
Image credit: “Gibraltar Barbary Macaque” by Redcoat is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license. This post was reviewed by Dr. Emily Bowman, one of our subject matter experts. This study was conducted by researchers from Beijing Bio-Institute Biological Products Co Ltd, China CDC, Peking Union Medical College, National Institute for Food…
Does Physical Distancing and the Use of Face Masks and Eye Protection Prevent COVID-19 Transmission?
This article was reviewed by Idil Temel, one of our subject matter experts. The paper we’ll be demystifying can be found here, if you’d like to follow along! TL;DR Researchers in the present study found that 1-2m of physical distance can help decrease the spread of COVID-19. Furthermore, it was found that face masks and…
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