Blood Type To Higher Disease Risk From Covid-19

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1.Genetic analysis Covid-19 blood type to higher disease risk; O may help, A hurt

A genetic analysis of Covid-19 patients suggests that blood type might influence whether someone develops severe disease.

Scientists who compared the genes of thousands of patients in Europe found that those who had type a blood were more likely to have severe disease while those with type O were less likely.

Wednesday’s report in the New England Journal of Medicine does not prove a blood type connection, but it does confirm a previous report from China of such a link.

“Most of us discounted it because it was a very crude study,” Dr. Parameswar Hari, a blood specialist at the Medical College of Wisconsin, said of the report from China. With the new work, “now I believe it,” he said. “It could be very important.”

1. The World Health Organization recently increased the spreading risk of Corona Virus from medium to high. With the virus spreading to different parts of the world like Japan, US, UK, Sri Lanka, Germany, India has found its cure!

2. The Chinese researchers have found out from the genome sequences of the new Virus that the virus belongs to Corona Virus family. The sequencing also says that the virus has similarities with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) corona virus.

3. The SARS outbreak happened in 2002 and 2003. The virus took the lives of around 774 people all over the world. SARS also began spreading from China. However, since 2004 no SARS cases have been found.

2.UK trials human potential Covid-19 vaccine from Imperial

At Imperial College London scientists will start first clinical trials of a potential Covid-19 vaccine in this week with more than 45 million pounds ($56.50 million) in backing from the British government and philanthropic donors.

This is the first human trials tests with a new technology the researchers say transform vaccine development by enabling rapid responses to emerging diseases such as the Covid-19 infection caused by the new coronavirus.

A professor Robin Shattock, Imperial’s department of infectious disease, said that using a part of the virus, as many vaccines do, this potential vaccine uses synthetic strands of the virus’ genetic material - RNA - which are packaged inside tiny fat droplets.

3.Volunteers put their lives at risk for Covid-19 vaccine

People volunteering or the trial of COVID-19 vaccine people allowing to Inject potentially deadly microbes inside their nose for researchers.

Doctors first give experimental vaccine to volunteers thereafter they are exposed to the deadly pathogen. They can study move forward if the dose volunteers if dose works and prevents healthy volunteers from getting ill.

This similar method used to work up malaria and cholera vaccines.

4.The suicide rate for people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD)

According to a recent study people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD) is 170 times higher suicide rate as compare to general population. This study  published in the journal Schizophrenia Research.

The 20-year study of  population data is believed to be the largest of its kind ever done examined statistics on over 75,000 patients who received the first diagnosis of SSD. On average, each patient was followed for almost ten years.

The research found several key factors that were predictors of suicide, including the first five years of being diagnosed with SSD, evidence of mood disorder or hospitalisation prior to diagnosis and the diagnoses of SSD at later age.

5.How brain maps our interpersonal relationships?

According to a new study, The closer you feel to people emotionally, the more similarly you represent them in your brain. In contrast, people who feel social disconnection appear to have a lonelier, neural self-representation.