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Researchers unravel two mysteries of COVID-19

Evidence for predicting how severe a patient’s illness will become and why patients develop life-threatening blood clots Date: August 26, 2020 Source 1: Lawson Health Research Institute Source 2: www.sciencedaily.com Summary: In one study, researchers have identified six molecules that can be used as biomarkers to predict how severely ill a patient will become. In […]

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Metabolic syndrome linked to worse outcomes for COVID-19 patients

Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 were over three times more likely to die if they had metabolic syndrome Date: August 25, 2020 Source 1: Tulane University Source 2: www.sciencedaily.com Summary: Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 who had a combination of high blood pressure, obesity and diabetes were over three times more likely to die from the disease,

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Antibodies that may protect against COVID-19

Date: August 24, 2020 Source 1: University of Massachusetts Medical School Source 2: www.sciencedaily.com Summary: A new study suggests that COVID-19 specific IgA monoclonal antibodies may provide effective immunity in the respiratory system against the novel coronavirus — a potentially critical feature of an effective vaccine. A new study by researchers at MassBiologics of UMass

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