A recently concluded study has revealed that during the initial 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, a higher number of minors in Finland than usual were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. The research findings indicate that the cause of this increase was not the virus itself, but rather changes in envi
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Health officials considering the need for booster shots
Are you fully vaccinated against the coronavirus (COVID-19)? That’s great, but now you need to start thinking about getting a booster shot next winter.
That’s the advice being given by health officials in the U.S. and the European Union, who are increasingly concerned that the virus could turn into a seasonal malady, one that needs annual protections just like the flu.
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The coronavirus pandemic has created a great demand for rapidly diagnosing SARS-CoV-2 infections. Reliable rapid tests are needed, for example, at airports and ports for testing travellers quickly and effortlessly before their journey.
Researchers at the University of Helsinki have developed a new rapid assay principle for viral antigen detection, applying it to diagnosing SARS-CoV-2 infections.
The test is based on a phenomenon known as time-resolved Förster resonance energy transfer (TR-FRET), where energy travels between two light-sensitive molecules when they are close enough to each other. TR-FRET makes it possible to measure viral particles or the body s own proteins by using what are known as mix and read -type tests on complex biological samples, such as serum or even whole blood. In fact, the researchers have previously applied the procedure in the rapid detection of antibodies.
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