Micelle Technology Detects Airborne SARS-CoV-2
November 3, 2022
At the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, researchers have developed micelle technology that can detect minute amounts of SARS-CoV-2 in the air. This new capability could...
Conn Hastings
mRNA Therapy Prevents COVID Virus Entering Cells
October 25, 2022
Scientists at Oregon State University have developed a new treatment for COVID-19. The technology is based on mRNA, which has also been put to good...
CRISPR-Cas13 System for Quick and Sensitive SARS-CoV-2 Detection
October 11, 2022
Scientists at Rice University created a rapid COVID-19 test that is based on the gene editing CRISPR-Cas system. The researchers modified the Cas-13 protein to...
DNA Nets Capture Sars-CoV-2 for Detection and Inhibition
October 3, 2022
A team at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has developed a DNA net system that can ensnare Sars-CoV-2 and bind to the notorious spike...
Microparticle Vaccine Provides Boosters Automatically
July 27, 2022
Researchers at MIT have created a microparticle vaccine that can provide booster doses automatically. The hollow microparticles resemble a coffee cup with a lid, and...
Ep 167 Myocarditis – A Diagnostic Challenge
March 29, 2022
Why does myocarditis often present a diagnostic challenge? What are the range of ECG findings in myocarditis? Does a negative high sensitivity troponin or CRP...
Anton Helman
Anti-COVID Nanobubbles Act as Viral Decoys
January 27, 2022
Researchers at Northwestern University have discovered naturally-occurring extracellular vesicles in the blood that contain the ACE2 protein, which is the cellular target of SARS-CoV-2. The...
DNA Aptamers for Rapid COVID-19 Testing: Interview with Steven Goh, CEO of Achiko and Dr. Michael Edel, Inventor of AptameX
October 26, 2021
Achiko, a company based in Switzerland, has developed AptameX, a saliva-based rapid COVID-19 test. The technology is based on DNA aptamers that are bound to...
WTBS 26 COVID-19 Pandemic Lessons on Designing a Better Health Care System: What Does it Mean for Emergency Medicine?
March 9, 2021
Thomas Friedman’s book The World Is Flat is an exploration of how globalization and modern communications technology have changed the world. Our emergency care systems...
Dr. Howard Ovens
Reflections on 2020 COVID Pandemic – EM Physicians Words of Wisdom
December 30, 2020
It goes without saying that 2020 presented many challenges for the worldwide EM community. We all know what those challenges were, so I’m not going...