Tag: #ScienceAdvances
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New therapy may ‘dramatically’ reduce sleep paralysis events
ISLAMABAD, August 25 (Online): A study explores the benefits of meditation-relaxation therapy for people with narcolepsy who experience sleep paralysis. A new study reports that around 20% of people worldwide experience sleep paralysis. As the lead study authors explain, finding oneself mentally awake as the body’s voluntary muscles remain asleep can be a terrifying experience;…
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Smartphones measuring walk could detect drunkenness
ISLAMABAD, August 24 (online): New research has found that a smartphone can accurately detect whether the person who has it is drunk, based on how they are walking. Many people throughout the world enjoy drinking alcohol safely, without causing harm to themselves or others. Yet alcohol is also the direct or indirect cause of a…
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Respiratory viruses may spread via airborne dust
ISLAMABAD, August 24 (online): A study suggests that influenza viruses can spread through the air not only in droplets which a person who has the virus releases when they talk, cough, or sneeze but also on microscopic dust particles. Seasonal flu outbreaks are responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people worldwide every…
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Antibodies fight off the new coronavirus, but what do T cells do?
ISLAMABAD, August 23 (online): Our immune systems are primed to fight off viruses. As evidence about how our bodies react to SARS-CoV-2 emerges, we look at how different immune cells work together to fend off the new coronavirus, and why T cells may play a greater role than scientists initially thought. Many people will be…
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Is COVID-19 more dangerous because SARS-CoV-2 reduces specific microRNAs?
ISLAMABAD, August 23 (online): A team of researchers proposes that the SARS-CoV-2 virus acts as a microRNA “sponge” to reduce microRNA levels in ways that assist viral replication and block the host immune response. Coronaviruses (CoVs) are single-stranded RNA viruses that experts originally considered to be relatively mild. They include the viruses that cause the…
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Even mild COVID-19 may produce long lasting immunity
ISLAMABAD, August 23 (online): A new study suggests that T cells might provide individuals who had a mild or asymptomatic case of COVID-19 with lasting immunity against future infection, even if their blood contains no neutralizing antibodies. Most people who are exposed to SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, only experience mild symptoms or none…
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Tool to help manage COVID-19 patients with diabetes
ISLAMABAD, August 22 (online): A team from the University of Michigan have developed an algorithm to help treat COVID-19 patients with diabetes. The tool could reduce the risk of complications, such as kidney failure and respiratory distress, in these people. People with diabetes are one of the groups at higher risk of severe illness from…
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Treating COVID-19: Bipolar drug shows promise and other hopeful findings
ISLAMABAD, August 22 (online): We continue our Hope Behind the Headlines series by exploring the most recent and most hopeful findings in the field of COVID-19 research. Hopefully, the COVID-19 pandemic will not last forever. Every 2 weeks, we round up the recently published evidence that reminds us of this. In our last installment, we…
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Dry heat can effectively sanitize N95 masks: Research
ISLAMABAD, August 22 (online): New research has found that dry heat from an electric cooker can effectively sanitize N95 masks. A key part of the world’s effort to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 is the use of PPE. COVID-19 typically spreads when a person expels droplets carrying the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, from their mouth or…
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Another existing drug shows promise against COVID-19
ISLAMABAD, August 20 (online): New research demonstrates that an existing drug, called Ebselen, has the potential to disrupt SARS-CoV-2. This is the virus responsible for COVID-19. The recent study could help develop Ebselen as a new treatment for COVID-19. The study also provides clues as to which other existing drugs scientists should prioritize in the…