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Nature Has Gifted Humans With Intelligence That Can Relegate Covid-19 If Not A Disease Of The Past, Then One That Rarely, If Ever, Is Fatal
There are many lessons we can take away from the ways in which SARS-CoV-2 works to suppress and evade the innate immune system.
A Big Step Forward In Solving The Organ Shortage
Last week, NYU Langone Health published a press release detailing the successful transplant of a genetically engineered pig kidney to a human body.
The Urgent Need For Increased Surveillance Of Variants That Arise From Chronic Covid
Where do mutations come from that yield new variants? Is it possible that the most serious variants arise not in large populations, but in immunosuppressed individuals?
Supercharging New Viral Variants: The Dangers Of Molnupiravir (Part 1)
As much as people are justifiably excited about the prospect for orally available drugs that can prevent and treat Covid-19, I believe the FDA needs to tread very carefully with molnupiravir, the antiviral currently before them for approval.
An Approaching Storm: What To Expect With Covid This Winter
To understand what may happen with Covid in the US this winter, we need look no further than Europe today.
The Next Big One: Drug-Resistant Airborne Tuberculosis
New research has found that tuberculosis bacteria can spread via airborne and asymptomatic transmission similarly to SARS-CoV-2.
The Role Of Nucleases In Innate Immune Escape (Part 15)
The nucleases NSP14 and NSP15 seem to form one of the earliest and most troubling defenses the SARS-CoV-2 virus has evolved to defang the innate immune defense.
The Growing Threat Of The Delta Pluses At Home And Abroad
New variants AY.4.2 and AY.33.1 illustrate the dangers of Delta Plus sublineage strains of SARS-CoV-2
Hope For Those Aching Joints
A recent study describes new methods to generate cartilage tissue from stem cells. This is a significant step towards developing innovative treatments for painful joints.
Covid-19 Variation: What Comes Next? The Amazonas Experience
Each successive iteration of SARS-CoV-2 variant to date was more transmissible than the last. New variants drove multiple waves of Covid-19 throughout the world. Here, examine what happened in the past and present of the pandemic in order to understand…
