Long COVID Seems to Be a Brain Injury, Scientists Discover
2024, By DAVID NIELD, Science Alert Some form of brain injury could be behind the symptoms reported by those with long COVID, according to a new study, and adapting tests and…[...]
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Cutting Edge: Hyperinflammatory Monocytes Expressing CD56 Abound in Severe COVID-19 Patients
Stefania Campana; Claudia De Pasquale; Giacomo Sidoti Migliore;, et. al. J Immunol (2022) 209 (4): 655–659. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.2200021 Abstract Proinflammatory monocytes play a preponderant role in the development of a cytokine storm…[...]
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The Invisible Damage: How COVID Rewires Our Brains
By University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Colorado Boulder scientists have discovered that proteins left by COVID-19 can significantly lower cortisol levels in the brain, leading to heightened immune responses to new…[...]
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IL-13 decreases susceptibility to airway epithelial SARS-CoV-2 infection but increases disease severity in vivo
Shreya Ghimire, Biyun Xue, Kun Li, Ryan M Gannon, et. al.doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.03.60194 Abstract Treatments available to prevent progression of virus-induced lung diseases, including coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are of limited benefit once respiratory failure occurs. The efficacy of approved…[...]
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Intramyocardial Inflammation after COVID-19 Vaccination: An Endomyocardial Biopsy-Proven Case Series
Authors: Christian Baumeier 1, Ganna Aleshcheva 1, Dominik Harms 1, et. al. Int J Mol Sci 2022 Jun 22;23(13):6940. doi: 10.3390/ijms23136940. Abstract Myocarditis in response to COVID-19 vaccination has been reported since early 2021. In particular, young…[...]
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Dynamic Assessment of Hematological Parameters as Predictive Biomarkers for Disease Severity and Prognosis in COVID-19 Patients: A Longitudinal Study
Aparna P. Patange • Jabbar V. Desai • Bhupal Pujari • Aparna Marwah • Animesh Dey, Published: July 01, 2024, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.63593 Abstract Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has…[...]
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Pathological sequelae of long-haul COVID
Saurabh Mehandru & Miriam Merad, Nature Immunology volume 23, pages194–202 ( Abstract The world continues to contend with successive waves of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), fueled by the emergence of viral variants. At the same time,…[...]
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POST-ACUTE SEQUELAE OF COVID-19: CHARACTERIZATION, COMORBIDITIES, AND BIOMARKERS IN A DIVERSE COHORT
Emily Struttmann, Anish Shah, Matthew Moreida, et. al. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.06.20.24308901 Abstract Introduction Post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) is causing a silent pandemic in the U.S. Gulf South, a part of flyover U.S. where patients are quietly withdrawing…[...]
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Increased frequency and mortality in persons with neurological disorders during COVID-19
Candace M Marsters, Jeffrey A Bakal, Grace Y Lam, Finlay A McAlister, Christopher Power, Brain, awae117, https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awae117, 20 April 2024 Abstract Determining the frequency and outcomes of neurological disorders associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)…[...]
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Could COVID-19 Be Causing This Rare Spinal Cord Disorder?
Can COVID-19 cause a rare spinal condition called transverse myelitis? Learn what TM is and see the evidence connecting the two conditions. The year 2020 has been one for the…[...]
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