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Bacterial Predator Could Help Reduce COVID-19 Deaths

COVID-19 SCIEU Team - 24 June 2020 2

A type of virus that preys on bacteria could be harnessed to combat bacterial infections in patients whose immune systems have been weakened by...

Dexamethasone: Have Scientists Found Cure for Severely Ill COVID-19 Patients?

COVID-19 Rajeev Soni - 16 June 2020 1

Low-cost dexamethasone reduces death by up to one third in hospitalised patients with severe respiratory complications of COVID-19 The scientists have been sceptic over the...

Vitamin D Insufficiency (VDI) Leads to Severe COVID-19 Symptoms

COVID-19 Rajeev Soni - 2 June 2020 0

Easily correctable condition of Vitamin D Insufficiency (VDI) has very severe implications for COVID-19. In countries worst affected by COVID-19 such as Italy, Spain...

mRNA-1273: Moderna Inc.’s mRNA Vaccine Against Novel Coronavirus Shows Positive Results

COVID-19 SCIEU Team - 19 May 2020 0

A biotech firm, Moderna, Inc. has announced that ‘mRNA-1273’, their mRNA vaccine against novel coronavirus has shown positive results in the phase 1 clinical...

Drug Trials for COVID-19 Begins in the UK and USA

COVID-19 SCIEU Team - 15 May 2020 0

Clinical Trials to evaluate effectiveness of anti-malarial drug, hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and antibiotic, Azithromycin in treating older people with COVID-19 begins in the UK and...

NLRP3 Inflammasome: A Novel Drug Target for Treating Severely Ill COVID-19 Patients

COVID-19 Rajeev Soni - 9 May 2020 0

Several studies indicate that activation of NLRP3 inflammasome is responsible for acute respiratory distress syndrome and/or acute lung injury (ARDS/ALI) seen in severely ill...

Humans and Viruses: A Brief History of Their Complex Relationship And Implications for COVID-19

COVID-19 Rajeev Soni - 8 May 2020 0

Humans would not have existed without viruses because viral protein plays a key role in the development of human embryo. However, at times, they...

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A Novel Approach to ‘Repurpose’ Existing Drugs For COVID-19

COVID-19 Rajeev Soni - 7 May 2020 1

A combination of biological and computational approach to study protein-protein interactions (PPIs) between the viral and the host proteins in order to identify and...

European COVID-19 Data Platform: EC Launched Data Sharing Platform for Researchers

COVID-19 SCIEU Team - 6 May 2020 0

The European Commission has launched www.Covid19DataPortal.org where the researchers can store and rapidly share datasets. The rapid sharing of relevant data would accelerate research and discovery. With...

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Heinsberg Study: Infection Fatality Rate (IFR) for COVID-19 Determined for the First Time

COVID-19 SCIEU Team - 6 May 2020 0

The infection fatality rate (IFR) is more reliable indicator of the extent of the infection. In this study, the researchers found the actual infection...

Development of Herd Immunity against COVID-19: When Do We Know That an Adequate Level is Reached to Lift Lockdown?

COVID-19 Rajeev Soni - 2 May 2020 0

Social interaction and vaccination both contribute to development of herd immunity however development of herd immunity as a result of social interaction is directly...

ISARIC Study Indicates How Social Distancing Could Be Fine-tuned in Near Future to Optimise ‘Protecting Lives’ and ‘Kickstart National Economy’

COVID-19 Rajeev Soni - 1 May 2020 1

The recently completed UK-wide, ISARIC Study on analysis of 16749 patients with severe COVID-19 disease across 166 hospitals indicated that those with co-morbidity were...

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How Compensating Innovators Could Help Lift Lockdown due to COVID-19

COVID-19 Rajeev Soni - 25 April 2020 0

For quicker lifting of lockdown, the innovators or entrepreneurs holding IP rights over novel technologies with potential to improve diagnostics and therapeutics for COVID-19,...

Convalescent Plasma Therapy: An Immediate Short-Term Treatment for COVID-19

COVID-19 Rajeev Soni - 17 April 2020 0

Convalescent plasma therapy holds key for the immediate treatment of severely sick COVID-19 patients. This article discusses effectiveness of this therapy and its present...

Vaccines for COVID-19: Race Against Time

COVID-19 Rajeev Soni - 14 April 2020 2

Development of vaccine for COVID-19 is a global priority. In this article, the author has reviewed and evaluated research and development and the present...

Diagnostic tests for COVID-19: An Evaluation of Current Methods, Practices and Future

COVID-19 Rajeev Soni - 10 April 2020 0

Laboratory tests for diagnosis of COVID-19 currently in practice as advised by the international bodies of experts are reviewed and evaluated. The COVID-19 disease, that...

Nasal Gel: A Novel Means of Containing COVID-19

COVID-19 Rajeev Soni - 8 April 2020 1

Use of nasal gel as a novel means to inactivate COVID-19 in a biological manner and prevent its entry into human body may help...

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COVID-19 Containment Plan: Social Distancing vs. Social Containment

COVID-19 SCIEU Team - 7 April 2020 0

The containment scheme based on 'quarantine' or 'social distancing' has emerged as the main tool in fight against COVID-19. But, there are concerns about...

Use of Face Masks Could Reduce Spread of COVID-19 Virus

COVID-19 SCIEU Team - 4 April 2020 1

WHO doesn't recommend face masks generally to the healthy people. However, CDC has now laid down new guideline and say ''people should wear cloth...

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COVID-19: The Disease Caused by Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Given New Name by WHO

COVID-19 SCIEU Team - 12 February 2020 0

The disease caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has been given new name COVID-19 by the international body WHO which makes no reference to...

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