FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceneurotech·May 17, 2020Designing vaccines from artificial proteinsUsing computational methods, researchers created artificial proteins that triggered immune responses and produced infection specific antibodies. The findings indicate it will be possible to design vaccines that contain artificial antibodies, expediting the process of vaccine development. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·April 30, 2020COVID-19: Using wastewater to track the pandemicExamining wastewater is helping researchers track coronavirus infection trends. The waste reflects the viral load excreted by a population within a few hours and can help establish COVID-19 community hot spots. While researchers will not be able to calculate the exact number of community cases of coronavirus by examining wastewater, they can trace the increase of SARS-CoV-2 concentration and track the level of infection rate. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·April 3, 2020How important is speech in transmitting coronavirus?Aerosolized particles produced while speaking may be enough to transmit coronavirus infection by those who are asymptomatic. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 30, 2020Hopes of COVID-19 pandemic respite this spring may depend upon what happens indoorsIn addition to physical distancing and improved personal hygiene practices, the seasonal moderation of relative humidity indoors could help slow rates of transmission for COVID-19. However, the virus can still be transmitted via contact and close proximity to those infected, regardless of the season, researchers warn. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 27, 2020Samples from those who had COVID-19 could illuminate true infection rate, lethality, and vaccinesVirScan, a new antibody detection tool, can analyze blood samples collected from people who have recovered from COVID-19 to learn about how the virus affects the immune system and the epidemiology of the infection. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 25, 2020Why the U.S. wasn’t more prepared for COVID-19In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers discuss the limits of the US being prepared for coronavirus and the dangers of being unprepared. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 23, 2020COVID-19 pandemic likely to go in wavesA new mathematical model shows the current COVID-19 pandemic could decline during the summer months, but return in the fall, with a major resurgence next winter. The model takes into account the seasonal variations of other closely related respiratory coronaviruses. Based on other coronavirus data, the model reveals infections were ten times more common between December and April in the northern hemisphere than between July and September. Researchers emphasize this model only attempts to examine possible scenarios, as we are currently unsure how warmer temperatures will affect SARS-CoV-2. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 23, 2020Tuberculosis BCG-based vaccine may be effective against COVID-19VPM1002, a vaccine candidate based on the tuberculosis BCG vaccine, may be effective in protecting against COVID-19. Previous studies in mice have shown the BCG vaccine is effective at protecting against several respiratory viral infections. If effective against coronavirus, researchers hope the vaccine can bridge the time gap until a specific SARS-CoV-2 vaccine is available. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 13, 2020Research team has isolated the COVID-19 virusA team of Canadian researchers has isolated SARS-CoV-2, the viral agent responsible for COVID-19. Isolating the virus will help researchers worldwide to develop better diagnostic tests, treatments, and vaccines for the pandemic virus. It will also help researchers to better understand the virus biology, evolution, and viral shedding. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 12, 2020Study details first known person-to-person transmission of new coronavirus in the USAA new Lancet study describes the first locally-transmitted case of SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, in the USA from a woman who recently traveled to China and transmitted the infection to her husband. Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·March 10, 2020Knowing more about a virus threat may not satisfy youPeople who rate themselves as highly knowledgeable about new viral infection threats could also be more likely to believe they don't know enough. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 9, 20205.1 days incubation period for COVID-19Researchers report the median time from exposure to symptoms for the COVID-19 virus is 5.1 days. 97.5% of people who develop symptoms of coronavirus will do so within 11.5 days of exposure. For every 10,000 people quarantined for 14 days, an estimated 101 would develop symptoms after release. Read More
