Blood Samples Archives

Delta Remains Largest Concern as COVID-19 Cases Increased 316% in the Last Year

B.1.621 or “Mu” variant (Colombia), Blood Samples, COVID-19 Antibodies, COVID-19 Deaths, COVID-19 Infections, COVID-19 Studies, Delta Variant (B.1.617.2; India), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Dr. Anthony Fauci (Director), First Responders, Johns Hopkins Universit, Los Angeles, University of Pennsylvania (Penn)

Data from Johns Hopkins University demonstrate that daily Covid-19 infections increased 316 percent from Labor Day 2020, or about four times more.

September 7, 2021/by Andrew Humphreys

Covid may have taken ‘convoluted path’ to Wuhan, WHO team leader says

Animals, Bats, Blood Samples, China, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Investigations, World Health Organization, Wuhan

The head of a World Health Organization-led team probing the origins of Covid-19 said bats remain a likely source and that transmission of the virus via frozen food is a possibility that warrants further investigation, but he ruled out a lab leak.

February 9, 2021/by Reuters Health

FDA Approves Roche Covid-19 Test that Aims to Test Vaccines’ Antibody Response

Antibody Response, Blood, Blood Samples, Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic, COVID-19 Antibodies, COVID-19 Testing, CoVIg-19 Plasma Alliance, Emergency Use Authorization, FDA, Moderna, Pfizer, SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, Testing Labs

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to a Covid-19 test developed by Roche that measures antibodies within the blood.

December 2, 2020/by BioSpace

AI Can Detect Covid-19 by Analyzing Coughs and More Related Research

ACE2 (angiotensin-converting enzyme-2), Antibodies, Artificial Intelligence, Blood Samples, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Cells, Children, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Cough, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Mouth, R&D, Researchers, RNA, Science Translational Medicine

Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model able to detect asymptomatic Covid-19 cases by identifying differences in the sounds of coughs between healthy and infected people.

November 4, 2020/by Andrew Humphreys

Eli Lilly and AbCellera Team Up to Develop Coronavirus Antibodies

Antibodies, Blood Samples, Clinical Trials, Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic, R&D

As COVID-19 spreads across the globe, Vancouver-based AbCellera and Eli Lilly teamed up to co-develop antibody products for the treatment and prevention of the novel coronavirus.

March 13, 2020/by BioSpace