Re: Some Recent Scientific Reports and Global Updates on COVID-19
Posted: Tue May 05, 2020 9:58 pm
by Eli
Analyses from single-cell sequencing (scRNA-seq) datasets support the idea that COVID-19 is not just a respiratory disease but an illness that can affect multiple organs.
When the SARS-CoV-2 virus enters the human body, it breaks into cells with the help of two proteins that it finds there, ACE2 and TMPRSS2. While there has been much discussion of viral infection in gut and lung cells, researchers have dug into massive gene expression datasets to show that other potential target cells also producing ACE2 and TMPRSS2 are scattered throughout the body—including in the heart, bladder, pancreas, kidney, and nose. There are even some in the eye and brain. Read more:
Re: Some Recent Scientific Reports and Global Updates on COVID-19
Posted: Sat May 09, 2020 10:37 am
by Eli
The coronavirus disease COVID-19 could be transmitted through sexual intercourse, a new study has concluded, prompting fears of a new way the disease could be spread.
The virus was found in the semen of a small number of men who had tested positive for COVID-19 at a hospital in China. Doctors at China’s Shangqiu municipal hospital analyzed the sperm of 38 men and found SARS-CoV-2 in some of their semen. Source: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/coron ... 2020-05-08
Re: Some Recent Scientific Reports and Global Updates on COVID-19
Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2020 7:20 pm
by Eli
Coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa identified in Britain