Scientists debate evidence for a micro-clot hypothesis that has some people pursuing potentially risky treatments Authors: Cassandra Willyard Nature 608, 662-664 (2022)doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-02286-7 When Lara Hawthorne, an illustrator in Bristol, UK, began developing strange symptoms after having COVID-19, she hoped that they weren’t due to the virus. Her initial illness had been mild. “I’ve been triple […]
Authors: IANS July 2022 A team of international researchers may have uncovered the cause of the neurological conditions seen in patients with long-Covid, such as brain fog. The team from Swinburne University of Technology and La Trobe University in Australia and Luxembourg University in Luxembourg revealed that fragments of proteins from the SARS-CoV-2 virus can […]
Authors : Mirren Charnley, Saba Islam, Guneet K. Bindra, Jeremy Engwirda, Julian Ratcliffe, Jiangtao Zhou, Raffaele Mezzenga, Mark D. Hulett, Kyunghoon Han, Joshua T. Berryman & Nicholas P. Reynolds Nature Communications volume 13, Article number: 3387 (2022) July 2022 Abstract COVID-19 is primarily known as a respiratory disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. However, neurological symptoms such as memory loss, sensory confusion, severe headaches, and […]
Authors: Steve Reiken,Leah Sittenfeld,Haikel Dridi,Yang Liu,Xiaoping Liu,Andrew R. Marks First published: 03 February 2022 https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.12558 Abstract Introduction The mechanisms that lead to cognitive impairment associated with COVID-19 are not well understood. Methods Brain lysates from control and COVID-19 patients were analyzed for oxidative stress and inflammatory signaling pathway markers, and measurements of Alzheimer’s disease (AD)-linked […]
