Items Tagged ‘covid-19’
January 19, 2021
Mayo researchers explore genetics behind COVID-19 outcomes
By Susan Murphy 
Some patients with COVID-19 experience severe complications, such as organ damage, shortness of breath, neurological impairment and chronic fatigue. A team of researchers within Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine is contributing to the global effort of using advanced genetic sequencing to find out which genes influence disease outcomes. “Our findings will be crucial in […]
Tags: covid-19, Genetic Testing, Genetics, Genomic Research, individualized medicine, Research
January 13, 2021
Convalescent plasma antibody levels and the risk of death from COVID-19
By Susan Murphy
By Bob Nellis| ROCHESTER, Minn. – Mayo Clinic researchers and collaborators have found an association between administration of convalescent plasma containing high antibodies and lower mortality rates for hospitalized patients with COVID-19 who are not on ventilators. The findings, “Convalescent Plasma Antibody Levels and the Risk of Death from Covid-19,” appear today in the New […]
October 15, 2020
Research into Experimental COVID-19 Therapeutics Explained
By Susan Murphy
By Sara Tiner COVID-19 can affect people in a number of ways. Some can be infected and have no symptoms ― what’s known as being asymptomatic. Others have symptoms, but do not have a serious illness. And some can require hospitalization for intensive complications. For those with symptoms or those who are progressing to hospitalization, […]
Tags: covid-19, individualized medicine
September 9, 2020
Mayo Clinic research advances diagnostics to lead COVID-19 pandemic response
By Susan Murphy
When COVID-19 spread across the U.S. in early March, Mayo Clinic’s Advanced Diagnostic Laboratory (ADL) urgently responded. Lab spaces were transitioned, staff reassigned and funding approvals were fast-tracked. Its goals were to accelerate research, development, translation and implementation of novel tests in order to discover life-saving treatments and diagnostics. “ADL houses a lab structure for […]
Tags: covid-19, diagnostic tests, Discovery Square
August 4, 2020
COVID-19 “Live” Virus Research In a Specialized Lab
By Sara Tiner 
To solve the challenges presented by COVID-19, it’s important to look to the past. History shows that collaboration is the way forward when uncovering secrets of an emerging virus. It is vital for many reasons, a key one being safety. Only a few labs can safely handle a “live,” meaning infectious, sample. No one knows […]
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July 14, 2020
Mayo Clinic COVID-19 research news
By Susan Murphy
By Dana Sparks Contact tracing and COVID-19: What is it and how does it work? I’ve heard about contact tracing being done during the COVID-19 pandemic. What is it and how does it work? Answer: Contact tracing is a tool that can help slow the spread of infectious diseases, such as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In communities using […]
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July 6, 2020
By Susan Murphy
By Dana Sparks As COVID-19 continues to cause concern and consume people’s lives across the globe, Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic’s Vaccine Research Group, offers some insights and answers on the status of the pandemic. Scientists around the world are working feverishly on vaccines, what’s the status of vaccine research? The U.S. Food […]
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June 29, 2020
Mayo Clinic COVID-19 modeling for patients, communities
By Susan Murphy
By Elizabeth Zimmermann| Discovery’s Edge Building predictions based on a set of variables, an effort called modeling, has gotten a lot of airtime during the COVID-19 pandemic. Understanding both the virus and the disease, including how it spreads and its impacts on population health, guides advice to the public on how to stay safe. At […]
June 12, 2020
Who should get COVID-19 testing?
Dr. Bobbi Pritt, a clinical microbiologist at Mayo Clinic, acknowledges that there seems to be a lot of confusion with the general public when it comes to COVID-19 testing. Terms like viral, molecular, serology and antibodies, and convalescent plasma have sprung up in everyday language when talking about COVID-19 — but do you really need to know […]
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June 12, 2020
Mayo Clinic launches neutralizing antibody test to advance COVID-19 therapies
By Ginger Plumbo A new COVID-19 antibody test developed by researchers in Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine and Advanced Diagnostic Laboratory explores whether people gain immunity after being infected, and can fight off the novel virus if it comes back. The new SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody test supports the national Expanded Access Program for Convalescent Plasma and […]