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Apr 23, 2020

You may have seen this chart in my last newsletter

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Via Harvard David Sinclair “You may have seen this chart in my last newsletter, but it’s believed a bats’ ability to keep their inflammatory response down is one of the reasons they are able to harbor many types of viruses. Most coronavirus-related deaths in humans are due to the immune system response in the body going haywire in its response, not damage caused by the virus itself.

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You may have seen this chart in my last newsletter, but it’s believed a bats’ ability to keep their inflammatory response down is one of the reasons they are able to harbor many types of viruses. Most coronavirus-related deaths in humans are due to the immune system response in the body going haywire in its response, not damage caused by the virus itself.

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Apr 23, 2020

Antimalarials widely used against COVID-19 heighten risk of cardiac arrest. How can doctors minimize the danger?

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Treating COVID-19 patents with hydroxychloroquine, a derivative of chloroquine generally thought to have less severe side effects, has become standard at many hospitals. The drug is often combined with the antibiotic azithromycin, which some studies suggest also has antiviral effects. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized emergency use of both chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 patients. But no large, randomized trial has proved these drugs—alone or in combination with azithromycin—are effective against the disease.

Cardiologists urge careful monitoring of patients on chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine.

Apr 23, 2020

New 90-minute coronavirus test implemented in Tel Aviv hospital

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

A faster way of testing for coronavirus was implemented at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, which allows for the test results to be retrieved in under 90 minutes, Channel 12reported. “It is an advanced and reliable technology that gives hospitals the opportunity to get the result back from a coronavirus test in fewer than 90 minutes,” Dr. Hanoh Goldschmidt, head of the Laboratory Department in Ichilov Hospital told Channel 12.

Apr 23, 2020

Coronavirus: Why Oxford university is so confident in an early vaccine win

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, government

The Oxford scientists are extraordinarily confident that their vaccine against the coronavirus will work.

The government’s chief medical officer insists a jab is still 12 to 18 months off and some form of social distancing will be needed until it’s in widespread use.

Their confidence is built on past success. The same vaccine technology has been used on other diseases, including the related coronavirus MERS, as well as Ebola.

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Apr 23, 2020

19 Objects Near Jupiter May Be From Outside the Solar System

Posted by in category: space

It’s the best explanation for their bizarre orbits.

Apr 23, 2020

Article trying to answer the matter of whether we will get good meds before vaccines

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

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Apr 23, 2020

Elon Musk announces that early access to the Starlink satellite-internet project will launch this year

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, internet

The SpaceX and Tesla CEO made the announcement of two beta tests — one public and one private — on Twitter Wednesday night.

Apr 23, 2020

The Rockefeller Foundation rolls out plan to test 30 million people a week to reopen the country

Posted by in category: health

The Rockefeller Foundation releases an ambitious new proposal to test 30 million people a week, employ up to 300,000 contact tracers, and establish a digital data sharing platform. Rajiv Shah, President and CEO of the Rockefeller Foundation, and Dr. Kavita Patel, former health policy director in the Obama White House, join Andrea Mitchell to discuss this and other plans to reopen the country. April 22, 2020.

Apr 23, 2020

Did heavy rains trigger the eruption of the most dangerous U.S. volcano? Scientists are skeptical

Posted by in category: futurism

A model suggests rains boosted underground pressures and primed Kilauea for eruption in 2018.

Apr 23, 2020

COVID-19 vaccine protects monkeys from new coronavirus, Chinese biotech reports

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

China’s Sinovac makes headway with old-fashioned technology that “kills” whole virus.