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Liver transplanted patients who acquired COVID-19 recovered faster without serious inflammation while compared to the kidney and heart transplant recipients, moreover, some of the liver transplanted patients did even better than the non-transplant patients, finds a study conducted at Hospital das Clínicas (HC), the hospital complex run by the University of São Paulo's Medical School (FM-USP) in Brazil. A study published in the journal Transplantology reports that the [...]

According to the article on the study, which was supported by So Paulo Research Foundation – FAPESP, applications of 7.8-15.6 micrograms per milliliter (g/mL) of curcumin associated with blue LED irradiation (λ = 450 5 nm), with a light dose of 10 J/cm2, successfully inactivated immune system cells (macrophages) infected with Leishmania braziliensis, the most common species of the parasite in Brazil, as well as Leishmania major. ‘Substance extracted from turmeric was [...]

Diagnosis can be made in 30 minutes, for a laboratory-scale cost of less than 1 US Dollar per genosensor. The components cost less than USD 200. The device exists at the laboratory scale, and the technology can be transferred to any company with the wherewithal to mass-produce it. “Our genosensor can immobilize a simple DNA strip used as a capture probe. Under appropriate conditions, the immobilized strip binds to a complementary DNA strip contained in the liquid sample to be [...]

To test the hypothesis of salivary glands being a room for coronavirus replication, the researchers analyzed the salivary glands of 24 patients who died from COVID-19 through ultrasound-guided autopsies. The tissue samples extracted from these glands underwent an RT-PCR test which revealed the presence of virus in more than two-thirds of the samples. Immunostaining procedures also revealed the presence of viruses in the tissue samples. ‘Electron microscopic visualization of salivary [...]

Researchers at the University of So Paulo (USP) in Brazil conducted a research study involving 34 women aged 50-70 to analyze the effects of different physical training programs. ‘The adverse effect on aged women’s health during COVID-19 isolation is mainly due to sedentary lifestyle.’ “It’s important to stress that these women were already considered physically inactive before the pandemic, in the sense that they didn’t exercise regularly. With [...]

“Our results show that the populations most exposed to dengue, possibly owing to socio-demographic factors, are precisely those that most risk falling very sick if they’re infected by SARS-CoV-2. This is an example of what has been called a syndemic [synergic interaction between two epidemic diseases so that one exacerbates the effects of the other]. On one hand, COVID-19 has hindered efforts to control dengue. On the other, the latter appears to increase the risk for those who [...]

The findings of study were obesity associated changes like increased levels of triglycerides and LDL, so-called seen in obese girls. However, obese boys displayed no significant differences in lipid profile. “We compared obese and non-obese girls and boys aged 11-18, simultaneously addressing anthropometrics, lipid and lipoprotein profile, and hormone and neuropeptide levels, with a special emphasis on sex-dependent responses. To our knowledge, this is the first study to take this [...]