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A new study led by an Iowa State University scientist details the structure of a critical enzyme that enables the coronavirus to resist antiviral medications. Scientists could use the study to find ways to inhibit the enzyme, possibly leading to more effective treatments.
Confronting COVID-19 | University Research | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | Yale UniversityThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the production and use of a low-cost ventilator called Coventor first conceived by a team of University of Minnesota researchers
Confronting COVID-19 | University of Minnesota, Twin CitiesMinnesota researchers orchestrated the state’s fastest on-site testing for COVID-19
Confronting COVID-19 | University of Minnesota, Twin CitiesA University of Minnesota team, led by researcher Fang Li, studied how mutations that changed the structure of a SARS-CoV-2 protein enabled it to attach more securely to human cells than its predecessor, infect human cells better, and spread faster.
Confronting COVID-19 | University of Minnesota, Twin CitiesThe University of Minnesota has launched two clinical trials to test the drug hydroxychloroquine. One trial examines the drug's effectiveness in preventing COVID-19 disease.
Confronting COVID-19 | University of Minnesota, Twin CitiesAs Rhode Island confronts the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 150 third- and fourth-year students from Brown University’s Warren Alpert Medical School are volunteering their time to assist hospitals, health care workers and state health officials.
Confronting COVID-19 | Brown UniversityThe Bubbler, a breathalyzer device that reverse-transcribes RNA from airborne SARS-CoV-2 in breath, predicts lower respiratory tract involvement and is less invasive than alternative testing approaches, researchers say.
University Research | Confronting COVID-19 | Brown UniversityA study by Brown University researchers on clinical characteristics and outcomes of vaccinated (but not boosted) patients with cancer who had breakthrough COVID-19 infections indicates they remained at high risk for hospitalization and death.
University Research | Confronting COVID-19 | Brown UniversityWith the help of an advanced machine learning technique, researchers from Brown University suggest strategies for improving the performance of epidemiological models used to predict the course of pandemics.
University Research | Confronting COVID-19 | Brown UniversityAn event hosted by Brown’s School of Public Health brought students together to build low-cost, highly effective Corsi-Rosenthal cubes as air filters that will augment existing filtration systems at Brown.
University Research | Confronting COVID-19 | Brown University