Marasco examining real-time COVID-19 detection via analysis of sweat metabolite biometrics

Emanuela Marasco, Assistant Professor, Center for Secure Information Systems (CSIS), is working to determine whether COVID-19 could be diagnosed via sweat metabolites. If so, this method could enable diagnosis of the virus via non-invasive real-time means. The concentrations of the biochemical content in human sweat have been measured using reagent kits and instruments, such as…

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Close-up of SARS-CoV-2 protein shows how it interferes with host anti-viral immunity

A detailed study of a SARS-Cov-2 protein, Nsp1, with a central role in weakening the host anti-viral immune response shows that it effectively shuts down production ofproteins in the host. Although SARS-Cov-2 features additional inhibitors of host innate immune defenses, targeting the interaction of this protein, Nsp1, with the host may be an important therapeutic…

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Coordination helps avoid continental COVID-19 resurgence, European modeling study shows

Coordinated lockdown strategies among countries is key to preventing resurgent COVID-19 outbreaks in continental Europe, a new modeling study shows. A continental epidemic could occur as many as five weeks earlier when well-connected countries with stringent existing interventions end their interventions prematurely, the study’s authors say. As rates of new COVID-19 cases begin to decline…

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