A New COVID-19 Spit Test Is as Easy as 1-2-3 What if a COVID test was as easy as one, two, three? A team of researchers led by Jim Collins, a biomedical engineer at Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, have created a test that detects SARS-CoV-2 infection from
COVID and the Brain: Researchers Zero in on How Damage Occurs How COVID-19 damages the brain is becoming clearer. New evidence suggests that the coronavirus’s assault on the brain could be multipronged: it might attack certain brain cells directly, reduce blood flow to brain tissue or trigger production of immune
CRISPR-Based Anti-Viral Therapy Could One Day Foil the Flu—and COVID-19 CRISPR gene-editing technology has tremendous potential for making non-heritable DNA changes that can treat or even cure a wide range of devastating disorders, from HIV to muscular dystrophy Now, a recent animal study shows that another CRISPR system—targeting viral RNA
UMKC’s Health Equity Institute works to halt COVID-19 pandemic in KC Not even pounding rain can keep Rico Beuford from solving a problem. On a rainy Wednesday, the medical student at the University of Missouri-Kansas City volunteered at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site in Kansas City, Missouri. See story...
Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Implanted Into COVID Patients Improve Survival Chances, Study Suggests An experimental treatment involving stem cells from umbilical cords could significantly reduce deaths and quicken recovery time for patients suffering the most severe form of Covid-19, a study suggests. Read more...
MU Among First Institutions to Enroll Patient in International COVID-19 Clinical Trial The University of Missouri School of Medicine is one of the first institutions in the world to enroll a patient in a new National Institutes of Health (NIH) clinical trial designed to test the safety, tolerability and efficacy
HHS Officially Extends COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Again Ahead of Upcoming Expiration Date Health and Human Services has officially extended its COVID-19 public health emergency declaration for another 90 days ahead of the Oct. 23 expiration date. Read more...
Immune Modulator Drugs for COVID-19 Focus of Major NIH Clinical Trial One of the most vexing aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic is the novel coronavirus’s ability to turn the body’s immune system against the body. After the virus has been cleared from the body, the immune system sometimes continues to