Targeting part of the virus that was hiding in plain sight could keep it from infecting new cells.

Scientists think they found the coronavirus' weak spot

Surgical Strike

Scientists may have found a critical weakness in the coronavirus' structure: a small, positively-charged region crucial for latching onto host cells.

Scientists Think They Found the Coronavirus’ Weak Spot

READ MORE: <a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200811120227.htm">Research exposes new vulnerability for SARS-CoV-2</a> [ScienceDaily]

More on SARS-CoV-2: <a href="https://futurism.com/neoscope/coronavirus-likely-hybrid-two-viruses">Scientists: Coronavirus Likely a Hybrid of Two Other Viruses</a>

Studies

Critical hit!

It's a crucial next step for developing anti-COVID drugs.

Scientists test first COVID-19 antibody treatment on humans

First Attempt

The first human trials for a COVID-19 antibody treatment are beginning. If it works, it could be available by the end of the year.

Scientists Test First COVID-19 Antibody Treatment on Humans

READ MORE: <a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/06/01/1002475/trial-new-antibody-medicine-developed-to-treat-covid-19/">A trial is under way of the first new antibody medicine developed to treat covid-19</a> [MIT Technology Review]

More on COVID-19 treatments: <a href="https://futurism.com/neoscope/doctors-cloned-covid-patients-antibodies-treatments">Doctors Are Cloning COVID Patients&#8217; Antibodies for New Treatment</a>

Rx/Medicines

If this drug works, it could be available by the end of the year.

"The successful use of substances that are components of already approved drugs to combat SARS-CoV-2 is a great opportunity in the fight against the virus."

Scientists have a promising new idea to defeat the coronavirus

Inner Workings

A team of scientists figured out how the coronavirus takes over cells, and they think they found potential treatments that stop it.

Scientists Have a Promising New Idea to Defeat the Coronavirus

READ MORE: <a href="https://phys.org/news/2020-05-potential-covid-therapy.html">Researchers discover potential targets for COVID-19 therapy</a> [Goethe University Frankfurt]

More on coronavirus treatments: <a href="https://futurism.com/neoscope/doctors-cloned-covid-patients-antibodies-treatments">Doctors Are Cloning COVID Patients&#8217; Antibodies for new Treatment</a>

They've identified several compounds that seem to keep the virus from reproducing.

COVID-19 How to Use One Ventilator to Save Multiple Lives

"It hasn't been done before. And if it doesn’t work, we're going to have to take three off, but this is probably the only chance they have of trying to survive."

Doctors might have to hook four patients to the same ventilator

Making Do

A straightforward technique can split one ventilator off so four patients can simultaneously get treated, should the need arise. But it's never been tested.

Doctors Might Have to Hook Four Patients to the Same Ventilator

READ MORE: <a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qjdm53/this-risky-hack-could-double-access-to-ventilators-as-coronavirus-peaks">This Risky Hack Could Double Access to Ventilators as Coronavirus Peaks</a> [Motherboard]

More on COVID-19: <a href="https://futurism.com/rich-trying-buy-own-ventilators">The Rich Are Trying to Buy Their Own Ventilators, in Case Everything Collapses</a>

Treatments

Ventilator shortages are putting coronavirus patients in serious danger. 

Doctors are treating coronavirus with cocktail of HIV, flu drugs

Possible Treatment

Doctors in Bangkok have been treating coronavirus patients with a mix of HIV and flu drugs, potentially giving health officials a new tool for the outbreak.

Doctors Are Treating Coronavirus With Cocktail of HIV, Flu Drugs

READ MORE: <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-thailand/cocktail-of-flu-hiv-drugs-appears-to-help-fight-coronavirus-thai-doctors-idUSKBN1ZW0GQ">Cocktail of flu, HIV drugs appears to help fight coronavirus: Thai doctors</a> [Reuters]

More on 2019-nCoV: <a href="https://futurism.com/neoscope/symptoms-of-coronavirus">These Are The Symptoms of Coronavirus</a>

"This is not the cure, but the patient’s condition has vastly improved."

A miraculous cell therapy reversed paralysis!

A new cell therapy successfully restored movement in paralyzed patients

Health & Medicine

A new cell therapy study found that of six people paralyzed or without motor function, four recovered two or more motor levels on one side of their body.

A New Cell Therapy Successfully Restored Movement in Paralyzed Patients

Two-thirds of subjects recovered from their spinal cord injuries.

We may have a way to defeat this deadly disease.

Signs and symptoms of the dreaded infection hasn't been seen since the child received treatment shortly after being born in 2007.

Scientists Assert That A Child has Officially Been “Virtually Cured” of HIV

"By further studying the child, we may expand our understanding of how the immune system controls HIV replication."

This discovery could have a major impact on future treatments for the condition.

Researchers have found a possible cause of schizophrenia, a mental illness believed to affect 21 million people worldwide.

Researchers Have Discovered a New Possible Cause of Schizophrenia

It’s estimated that around 21 million people live with the mental illness worldwide.

While cancer and Alzheimer's seemingly don't have that much in common, there is one key link that researchers at MD Anderson think could be useful: People with a history of cancer are less likely to get Alzheimer's, while people with Alzheimer's are less likely to get cancer. 

There’s a Weird Relationship Between Cancer and Alzheimer’s

The cause of each disease could be the key to finding better treatments.

Researchers have developed a revolutionary treatment that pulses magnetic waves into the brain, treating depression by changing neurological structures.

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