Study finds silicon, gold and copper among new weapons against COVID-19

copper

Study finds silicon, gold and copper among new weapons against COVID-19 New Curtin research has found the spike proteins of SARS-CoV-2, a strain of coronaviruses that caused the COVID-19 pandemic, become trapped when they come into contact with silicon, gold and copper, and that electric fields can be used to destroy the spike proteins, likely […]

Read More… from Study finds silicon, gold and copper among new weapons against COVID-19

‘A silent killer’ – COVID-19 shown to trigger inflammation in the brain

‘A silent killer’ – COVID-19 shown to trigger inflammation in the brain: The UQ team was led by Professor Trent Woodruff and Dr Eduardo Albornoz Balmaceda from UQ’s School of Biomedical Sciences, and virologists from the School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences. “We studied the effect of the virus on the brain’s immune cells, ‘microglia’ […]

Read More… from ‘A silent killer’ – COVID-19 shown to trigger inflammation in the brain