In two recent publications, Northwestern Medicine investigators have made valuable contributions to the evolving understanding of treatments for COVID-19. Working with large, multicenter teams, Northwestern clinician-scientists examined treatments for blood clotting in critically ill patients with COVID-19 and explored therapies that could reduce disease progression and hospitalization.
“Many patients with COVID-related musculoskeletal disorders recover, but for some individuals, their symptoms become serious, are deeply concerning to the patient or impact their quality of life, which leads them to seek medical attention and imaging‚“ Deshmukh, an assistant professor of musculoskeletal radiology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a Northwestern Medicine musculoskeletal … Continued
Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a laboratory test for measuring neutralizing antibodies against the coronavirus that requires only a single drop of blood, collected and dried on filter paper. “Blood samples can be self-collected at home, and sent to the lab in the mail‚” said Thomas McDade, whose team described the technique in a … Continued
Findings from a recent study published in Circulation have revealed the magnitude of these racial and ethnic inequities since the beginning of the pandemic. Among 7,800 patients hospitalized in the U.S. with COVID-19 between January and July of last year, 33 percent were Hispanic, 25.5 percent were Black, 6.3 percent were Asian, and 35.2 percent … Continued
Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed a new protein that acts as a trickster to neutralize the COVID-19 infection in a human kidney organoid, a miniature organ made from stem cells in the lab. The protein is a variant of ACE2 〈angiotensin converting enzyme-2〉, the receptor the coronavirus uses to enter and infect human cells. The … Continued
Despite rising case counts and record deaths from COVID-19, there is a light on the horizon: vaccines are being administered to frontline healthcare workers and the elderly, and Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine investigators continue to investigate new treatments and share insights on combating misinformation and innovative techniques for mitigating the spread of the … Continued
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Bacteria or viruses like influenza that cause pneumonia can spread across large regions of the lung within hours. In the modern intensive care unit, these bacteria or viruses are usually controlled either by antibiotics or by the body’s immune system within the first few days of the illness. But in a study published in Nature, Northwestern … Continued
Northwestern University researchers have put their wearable COVID-19 monitoring device through a flurry of tests, updates and improvements since unveiling it in May 2020. Now, Sibel Health — a Northwestern spinout commercializing the sensor — has received a highly competitive $2.4 million from the U.S. Department of Defense through a Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium award. … Continued
For Americans who are worried about the new coronavirus variant that is circulating in Britain, experts in the United States urge everyone to stay calm. So far, the new variant only seems to spread more easily, with no evidence of higher virulence (ability to cause harm), researchers at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago explained.