COVID19
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Nanotechnology
Silver nanoparticles produced by fungi can be used to prevent and treat COVID-19
Computational analysis shows that silver nanoparticles bind to the spike protein that SARS-COV-2 virus uses to enter the host cell. Credit: Cláudia B. Carraro Silver nanoparticles produced by Trichoderma reesei bacteria could become important ally in the prevention and treatment of Covid-19. Tests performed on hamsters showed that they not only inhibit infection, but also reduced the amount of viral…
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Other Sciences
Surviving the crisis: NGOs’ financial adaptation during the COVID-19 pandemic
Dr. Šviěsa Leitniene, researcher at the Faculty of Economics and Business, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania. Credit: Kaunas University of Technology Demand for NGO services typically increases during crises. However, a new study led by Lithuania’s Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) finds that the coronavirus pandemic has had a different impact on NGOs working in Lithuania, Croatia, Poland and the…
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Environment
Proximity to oil and gas wells linked to increased mortality from COVID-19
The life cycle stages of oil, gas, and coal, and their associated air pollutants and greenhouse gases. Credit: Energy Research and Social Sciences (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2023.103104 From December 2019 to May 2022, 82 million coronavirus cases were reported in the United States, with approximately 1 million deaths related to the disease. Some communities have been particularly hard hit, including those…
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Biology
New genetic analysis of animals farmed at the 2019 Wuhan market may help shed light on origins of COVID-19
An elderly patient receives an intravenous drip while on a ventilator in a hallway at an emergency ward in Beijing, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/Andy Wong, File Scientists investigating the origins of COVID-19 are zeroing in on a list of animals that may have played a role in the disease’s spread to humans, in the hope that the…
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Biology
Genetic tracing at South China Seafood Market further supports animal origin of COVID-19
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new international collaborative study has published a list of wild animal species available in markets where SARS-CoV-2, the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic, likely emerged in late 2019. The study is based on a new analysis of metatranscriptomics data published by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The data came from…
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