How SARS-CoV-2 enters the central nervous system
The central nervous system (CNS) is highly protected in the human body. Yet, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) invades the CNS, causing profound clinical complications. How is the CNS involved in a respiratory virus infection?
To understand this, researchers Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui, Mohammad Ridwane Mungroo and Naveed Ahmed Khan reviewed reported case studies and identified potential brain regions that may be affected by the SARS-CoV-2 and explored the virus s possible entry route into the brain to identify its pathogenicity. In a recent review in the medical journal
Hospital Practice, the team discussed the related clinical cases, symptoms, and targets.
Antibiotics from cockroaches may save lives, finds joint study led by American University of Sharjah
20 Dec 2020 More than 17 million people are dying annually worldwide due to bacterial infections.
The potential for developing bacteria-fighting antibiotics from molecules found in cockroaches is under investigation in a joint study led by American University of Sharjah (AUS). More than 17 million people are dying annually worldwide due to bacterial infections. We have approached a pre-antibiotic era where bacteria are becoming resistant to commercially available drugs. There is an urgent need to find novel ways to prevent and/or treat bacterial infections. We have found numerous molecules in cockroaches that kill 100 per cent of MRSA, which is bacterium that causes infections in different parts of the body, E. coli K1-causing bacteria, and others.
Antibiotics from cockroaches may save lives, finds joint study led by AUS Sun 20th December 2020 | 05:45 PM
SHARJAH, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM - 20th Dec, 2020) The potential for developing bacteria-fighting antibiotics from molecules found in cockroaches is under investigation in a joint study led by American University of Sharjah (AUS). More than 17 million people are dying annually worldwide due to bacterial infections. We have approached a pre-antibiotic era where bacteria are becoming resistant to commercially available drugs. There is an urgent need to find novel ways to prevent and/or treat bacterial infections. We have found numerous molecules in cockroaches that kill 100 percent of MRSA, which is bacterium that causes infections in different parts of the body, E. coli K1-causing bacteria, and others. These molecules do not show any adverse effects on human cells, said Dr. Naveed Khan, Professor and Head of the Department of Biology, Chemistry and Environ
Antibiotics from cockroaches may save lives, study finds
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More than 17 million deaths annually linked to bacterial infections.
The potential for developing bacteria-fighting antibiotics from molecules found in cockroaches is under investigation in a joint study led by American University of Sharjah (AUS). More than 17 million people are dying annually worldwide due to bacterial infections. We have approached a pre-antibiotic era where bacteria are becoming resistant to commercially available drugs, said Dr Naveed Khan, Professor and Head of the Department of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences at the AUS College of Arts and Sciences (CAS).
Sharjah: The potential for developing antibiotics from molecules found in cockroaches is under investigation in a joint study led by American University of Sharjah (AUS).
Dr Naveed Khan, professor and Head of the Department of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences at the AUS College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), said: “More than 17 million people are dying annually worldwide due to bacterial infections. We have approached a pre-antibiotic era where bacteria are becoming resistant to commercially available drugs. There is an urgent need to find novel ways to prevent and/or treat bacterial infections. We have found numerous molecules in cockroaches that kill 100 per cent of MRSA, which is bacterium that causes infections in different parts of the body, E. coli K1-causing bacteria, and others. These molecules do not show any adverse effects on human cells.”