Lifetime discrimination and greater risk of high blood pressure in African Americans

Experiences of discrimination over a lifetime is associated with high blood pressure in African American adults, according to findings published this month in the journal Hypertension from researchers at the Urban Health Collaborative at Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health. High blood pressure is linked with many life-threatening conditions, including stroke, heart disease and…

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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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