Metabolic illnesses change ACE2 articulation and increment COVID-19 seriousness Kumar Jeetendra | June 9, 2020 As the COVID-19 pandemic keeps on causing sickness and take lives over the world, plainly the infection influences distinctive populace fragments divergently. Another examination distributed on the preprint server medRxiv* in June 2020 reports that one instrument for this variable seriousness is the differential articulation of the ACE2 receptor in different metabolic conditions, along these …
Asthma doesn’t seem to expand the danger of contracting COVID-19, shows study Kumar Jeetendra | July 6, 2020 Asthma doesn’t seem to increase the risk for an individual contracting COVID-19 or influence its own seriousness, as shown by a group of Rutgers research workers. “However, individuals with allergies –even those with diminished lung function that are being treated to control asthmatic inflammation–appear like no worse influenced by SARS-CoV-2 compared to the usual non-asthmatic …
Remedial got from turmeric shows guarantee in treating canine visual condition Kumar Jeetendra | September 5, 2020 Researchers in Texas A&M University have produced a curative derived from turmeric, a spice long-praised because of its natural anti-inflammatory properties, that shows promise in decreasing ocular inflammation in dogs suffering from uveitis, an inflammation of the eye that leads to pain and reduced vision. Uveitis — a frequent condition in dogs, humans, and other …
CRISPR-based framework smothers qualities identified with AAV antibody production Kumar Jeetendra | September 9, 2020 Gene therapy generally is based on viruses, such as adeno-associated virus (AAV), to deliver genes into a cell. In the event of CRISPR-based gene therapies, molecular scissors can then snip out a faulty gene, add in a missing arrangement or enact a temporary change in its expression, but the body’s immune response to AAV can …
Study affirms most basic complexities related with COVID-19 Kumar Jeetendra | December 8, 2020 A large study of patients in america who contracted coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) confirms many complications of the disease, according to new research in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Understanding the full range of associated conditions can aid in prognosis, guide treatment decisions and better inform patients as to their actual risks for the variety …
FDA-endorsed COVID-19 medication should be utilized warily, says UC researcher Kumar Jeetendra | January 4, 2021 While the world has its eyes on vaccines to stop the spread of coronavirus, therapeutics continue to be necessary to treat hepatitis patients. One of these treatments, remdesivir, is the first and only antiviral agent of its type the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved so far for COVID-19. Research at the University …
UH scientist attempting to recognize likely new therapeutic target for kidney sickness Kumar Jeetendra | January 14, 2021 In the past year, high serum suPAR levels also have been found to predict kidney and multiple organ failure in hospitalized patients with COVID-19. “FSGS is a particularly insidious kidney disease. In many patients, it inexorably leads to kidney failure and we don’t have much to offer to stop it, and worse still, in most …
Recently recognized supplement helps the gut review earlier diseases and execute attacking bacteria Kumar Jeetendra | January 17, 2021 Scientists studying the body’s natural defenses against bacterial disease have identified a nutritional supplement –taurine–that helps the gut recall prior infections and kill invading bacteria, such as Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kpn). The finding, published in the journal Cell by scientists from five institutes of the National Institutes of Health, could help efforts seeking alternatives to antibiotics. …
Research investigate how the current practice of nephrology may have bigoted philosophies Kumar Jeetendra | January 31, 2021 There is a growing awareness of systematic inequality and structural racism in American society. Science and medicine are no exception, as evidenced by historical cases of discrimination and overt racism. In a perspective piece in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), take an honest look …
CN Bio presents the PhysioMimix™ OOC Multi-Organ Microphysiological System Kumar Jeetendra | March 17, 2021 CN Bio, a leading developer of single and multi-organ microphysiological systems (MPS), otherwise known as organ-on-a-chip (OOC), today announced the commercial launch of its new PhysioMimix™ OOC Multi-Organ MPS. The next-generation system unites CN Bio’s in vitro 3D liver model, whose phenotype and functions mimic that in vivo, with a range of other organs to …
Researchers discover proof that SARS-CoV-2 infects cells in the mouth Kumar Jeetendra | March 25, 2021 An international group of scientists has discovered evidence that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, infects cells in the mouth. While it’s well known that the upper airways and lungs are primary sites of SARS-CoV-2 disease, there are clues the virus can infect cells in different parts of the body, like the digestive system, blood …
Pregnancy builds the danger of first-time symptomatic kidney stone Kumar Jeetendra | April 15, 2021 Though researchers have long known that several physiological and anatomical changes occur during pregnancy which could contribute to kidney stone formation, evidence of the connection has been lacking. An observational study that reviewed the medical records for nearly 3,000 female patients from 1984 to 2012 finds that pregnancy increases the risk of a first-time symptomatic …
