COV-19 NCBI Genomics Basic: Unlocking capacities of viral genomics for the COVID-19 pandemic response


Authors: Sergey Knyazev,# Karishma Chhugani,# Varuni Sarwal,# Ram Ayyala,# Harman Singh,# Smruthi Karthikeyan, Dhrithi Deshpande, Zoia Comarova, Angela Lu, Yuri Porozov, Aiping Wu, Malak S. Abedalthagafi, Shivashankar H. Nagaraj, Adam L. Smith, Pavel Skums, Jason Ladner, Tommy Tsan-Yuk Lam, Nicholas C. Wu, Alex Zelikovsky, Rob Knight, Keith A. Crandall, and Serghei…[...]

Elevated levels of a blood clotting factor linked to worse outcomes in severe COVID-19


Authors: MGH NEWS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS This article is part of Harvard Medical School’s continuing coverage of medicine, biomedical research, medical education and policy related to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and the disease…[...]

COVID-19 presenting with diarrheas’ and hyponatremias


Authors: Fateen Ata, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9549-8352Hussam Almasri, Jamal Sajid and http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4631-9899Zohaib Yousaf COVID-19 is a viral disease with a high infectivity rate. The full spectrum of the disease is not yet understood. This understanding may help…[...]

Cellular pathology in the COVID-19 era: a European perspective on maintaining quality and safety


Authors: John R Gosney1, http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0431-9353Paul Hofman2, http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1630-5805Giancarlo Troncone3, http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6813-0395Fernando Lopez-Rios4 COVID-19 is a zoonotic viral infection that originated in Wuhan, China, in late 2019. WHO classified the resulting pandemic as a ‘global health…[...]

What’s Sex Got to Do With COVID-19? Gender-Based Differences in the Host Immune Response to Coronaviruses


Authors: Nirupa Gadi1,2, Samantha C. Wu1,2, Allison P. Spihlman1,2 and Vaishali R. Moulton1* The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, the cause of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, has ravaged the world,…[...]

Pathophysiology of COVID-19: Mechanisms Underlying Disease Severity and Progression


Authors: Mary Kathryn Bohn, Alexandra Hall, Lusia Sepiashvili, Benjamin Jung, Shannon Steele, and Khosrow Adeli Abstract The global epidemiology of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) suggests a wide spectrum of clinical severity, ranging from asymptomatic to…[...]