Coronavirus
Open-source, low-cost ventilator
No matter which estimate we use, there are not enough ventilators for patients with Covid-19.
The coronavirus is straining the global health care system, and...
Computational approach may lead to a future treatment for coronavirus
As the coronavirus pandemic spreads, Prof. Sarel Fleishman and his team in the Department of Biomolecular Sciences are deep into planning mode. Using a...
CCMB may soon come up with diagnostic kits for COVID-19
To combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) insists that widescale "testing, testing, and testing" is the key as early diagnosis may...
Scientists identified potential drug for Coronavirus
The recent emergence of the novel, pathogenic SARS-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in China and its rapid national and international spread pose a global health emergency....
Our immune system can fight against multiple viruses, study
Disease severity and outcome result from individual differences that define immune status and contribute to responses to infection.
A study based on blood samples...
Kidney patients are more vulnerable to COVID-19 infections
The COVID-19 pandemic is throwing up unique challenges for health systems. It presents particular challenges for patients who receive regular hemodialysis. These patients with...
Coronavirus is stable for several hours to days in aerosols and on the surface, study
A new study provides important information about the stability of SARS-CoV-2, which causes coronavirus and suggests that people can get infected through the air...
The COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic has a natural origin, study
Since the outbreak of coronavirus, there has been considerable discussion on the origin of the causative virus, SARS-CoV-2. A new study by The Scripps...
Rapid testing technology for COVID-19
Rapid testing technology has been developed for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) by the scientists from the University of Oxford’s Engineering Science Department and...
Coronavirus spreads quickly, before symptoms, study
Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin, studying the novel coronavirus, now identified how quickly the virus can spread. The study is expected...
COVID-19 is not transmitted from pregnant mothers to newborns
Four babies born in a hospital in Wuhan did not show signs of infection and remain healthy today.
A paper-based diagnostic test for Covid-19
There is an urgent need for fast, easy-to-use diagnostic tests for Coronavirus as the cases rapidly spreading around the world. Scientists around the world...