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Share on PinterestA previously unknown type of neurotransmitters (chemical messengers) may provide a safe method of getting medication across the blood-brain barrier.The blood-brain barrier poses a crucial challenge for doctors hoping to deliver drugs and other therapeutic substances directly to the brain.A new study from researchers at Tufts University in Boston, MA, describes a way…

Health experts have stressed the importance of wearing a mask to limit the possibility of infecting others with COVID-19, but a range of new research now suggests they also protect the wearer, according to a report Monday.With many states implementing policies to make face coverings mandatory in both indoor and outdoor spaces, one doctor says that masks also reduce…

Share on PinterestAn innovative device that emits UV light may effectively sanitize surfaces, eliminating SARS-CoV-2.A newly discovered material that conducts electricity and is transparent to UV light could have a use in portable devices for killing SARS-CoV-2. This is the virus that causes COVID-19.An international team of physicists, led by Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)…

The new coronavirus is losing its potency and has become much less lethal, a senior Italian doctor said on Sunday. "In reality, the virus clinically no longer exists in Italy," said Alberto Zangrillo, head of the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan in the northern region of Lombardy, which has borne the brunt of Italy's coronavirus…

Share on PinterestA team of scientists has identified a compound that might help treat COVID-19.Much of the world is on hold until scientists find a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, which has, so far, claimed hundreds of thousands of lives.However, with current estimates suggesting that a vaccine is 12–18 months away, many people are placing…