Remember when I told you about the MIT prof that was seeking new antibiotics using AI (artificial intelligence). You knew he couldn’t be the only one.
Continue reading More AI? This time for COVID-19
We spoke of opening schools yesterday. The consideration has to include the fact that seemingly healthy folks are absolutely capable of infecting others. As a matter of fact, we know that little kids harbor more viruses (10 to 100X more!) in their upper respiratory tract than the rest of us- which means they are MORE likely to infect the rest of us. And, asymptomatic folks (which seem to equal about 30% to 40% of the population harboring the coronavirus) have the same viral load in their respiratory tract as those who manifest symptoms.
Continue reading COVID-19 Immunity
To open or not to open. That really is the question.
Because if we don’t open our schools, we will never find a way to get most of our employees able to return to work. They will have to stay home to monitor their kids and provide secondary instruction (or is that primary?) for when their kids don’t quite get the subject matter of the day. Not to mention that many of our kids lack the resources for schooling at home. (No computer, no internet.) Maybe even more kids manifest food deficits (normally receiving free lunch and free breakfast at school)- and hungry kids just don’t learn well.
Enough about the pandemic.
We are plenty of regular problems- like antibiotic-resistant microbes.
Believe it or not, there are still some scientists left NOT working on vaccines or therapies for SARS-CoV-2 who are able to address this recalcitrant problem.
Continue reading AI Drug Development?
Now we know there is a link between our gut and Alzheimer’s disease, as we saw in yesterday’s post.
Continue reading A Blood Test?
Just like Parkinson’s Disease may originate in the gut, another brain disorder may find its genesis there. Alzheimer’s.
Continue reading Gut-Brain Connection
Here’s a company you probably never heard about. LNC Therapeutics, founded in 2010. But, if they keep up their developments, you will.
You do recall the aphorism, an apple a day keeps the doctor away?
Well, I always eat an apple. (I mean EAT the apple- I throw away nothing). And, at least two carrots. A stalk of celery. Every single day.
Continue reading Eat your fruits and veggies!
It’s been a while.
But, it’s happening again. And, this time, it’s not the action of a lazy individual or a ne’er do well. (Actually, in my [much less than] humble opinion, it is due to the action of a ne’er do well. But, we’ll get there soon enough.)
Continue reading Going Postal!
So, I misled you. Sorry.
Instead of updating you with five articles on the SARS-CoV-2 virus, I find that I need six- for now!
Continue reading It ain’t over till it’s over