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Covid-19 induced immune response may damage brain, NINDS study finds

Pharmaceutical Technology

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) unit National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) have found that Covid-19-induced immune response could damage the blood vessels of the brain and may lead to short and long-term neurological symptoms. .

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Johns Hopkins Scientists Discover Possible Key to Controlling COVID-19 Immune Response

BioSpace

They believe that by inhibiting factor D, it would reduce the inflammatory reactions that make COVID-19 so deadly.

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Scientists blueprint bacterial enzyme believed to “stealthily” suppress immune response

Scienmag

Scientists have produced the first fine-detail molecular blueprints of a bacterial enzyme known as Lit, which is suspected to play a “stealthy” role in the progression of infection by reducing the immune response.

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Scientists reveal first close-up look at bats' immune response to live infection

Medical Xpress

In a world first, scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School and colleagues in Singapore have sequenced the response to viral infection in colony-bred cave nectar bats (Eonycteris spelaea) at single-cell resolution.

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Huddersfield scientists first to show how coronavirus triggers immune response in brain

Scienmag

The study, published in the journal Molecular Neurobiology led by the University’s Dr Mayo Olajide, describes how the spike protein used by the coronavirus to enter human cells can have a similar effect on the brain’s immune cells as it does with the rest of the body Credit: University of Huddersfield The study, published in […].

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Innovation in Autoimmune and Bone Health Research: Driving Progress for Better Patient Outcomes

Worldwide Clinical Trials

Scientists now use cutting-edge techniques, including biological therapies that target specific immune system components and precision medicine approaches that personalize treatment plans based on a patient’s genetic profile.

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Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine may work against new virus mutation, scientists say

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Pfizer joined with scientists from the University of Texas Medical Branch to conduct the study, which indicated the vaccine was effective at neutralising virus with the mutation known as N501Y. The post Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine may work against new virus mutation, scientists say appeared first on.

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