Here s why Bellingham commercial spaces show surprising results during the COVID-19 pandemic
The Bellingham Herald 8 hrs ago Dave Gallagher, The Bellingham Herald (Bellingham, Wash.)
Apr. 18 While the COVID-19 pandemic upended Bellingham s economy in many ways, demand for commercial property hasn t suffered here as much as elsewhere.
The vacancy rate for retail stores in the first quarter of 2021 in Bellingham increased slightly since 2015, according to Ryan A. Martin, co-owner and broker at Pacific Continental Realty in Bellingham. Martin was a volunteer analyst for several years for the Whatcom Real Estate Research Report, which tracked commercial property vacancy rates until it was discontinued in 2015. He compiled Bellingham commercial real estate data for what will be a regular Pacific Continental Realty report on market conditions.
COVID-19 Can Kill Heart Cells and Interfere With Contraction
Study reveals details of how coronavirus infects the heart and heart damages cardio myocytes
A study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis provides evidence that the coronavirus can invade and replicate inside heart muscle cells, causing cell death and interfering with heart muscle contraction. The image of engineered heart tissue shows human heart muscle cells (red) infected with COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) (green). Image by Lina Greenberg.
March 12, 2021 Since early in the pandemic, COVID-19 has been associated with heart problems, including reduced ability to pump blood and abnormal heart rhythms. But it has been an open question whether these problems are caused by the virus infecting the heart, or an inflammatory response to viral infection elsewhere in the body. Such details have implications for understanding how best to treat coronavirus infections that affect the heart. A new study from Washing
A new study provides evidence that COVID-19 patients’ heart damage results from the virus invading and replicating inside heart muscle cells, leading to cell death and interfering with heart muscle contraction.
The researchers used stem cells to engineer heart tissue that models the human infection and could help in studying the disease and developing possible therapies.
“Early on in the pandemic, we had evidence that this coronavirus can cause heart failure or cardiac injury in generally healthy people, which was alarming to the cardiology community,” says senior author Kory J. Lavine, associate professor of medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
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IMAGE: Shown is a transmission electron microscope image of exosomes purified from fluid from the lungs of a patient with COPD. A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in. view more
Credit: Deb Steinberg/WU Center for Cellular Imaging
Inflammatory lung diseases such as asthma, COPD and, most recently, COVID-19, have proven difficult to treat. Current therapies reduce symptoms and do little to stop such diseases from continuing to damage the lungs. Much research into treating chronic inflammatory diseases has focused on blocking chemicals called cytokines, which trigger cascades of molecular events that fuel damaging inflammation.
Now, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that such cytokines can drive inflammation in more ways than previously understood, perhaps revealing new routes to potential treatments for chronic inflammatory conditions.