The U.S. new cases 7-day rolling average is 14.2 % LOWER than the 7-day rolling average one week ago. U.S. hospitalizations due to COVID-19 are now 3.9 %
HIGHER than the rolling average one week ago. U.S. deaths due to coronavirus are now 13.5 %
LOWER than the rolling average one week ago. Today s posts include:
U.S. Coronavirus New Cases are 229,042
U.S. Coronavirus hospitalizations are at a record 125,220 (for the next 9 days this is the number to watch as new cases and deaths will not be accurately reported)
U.S. Coronavirus deaths are at a record 3,744
U.S. Coronavirus immunizations have been administered to 0.8% of the population
New Evidence COVID-19 Invades the Brain medscape.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from medscape.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The coronavirus’ spike protein, often depicted as the red arms of the virus, can cross the blood-brain barrier in mice, researchers have found.
More and more evidence is coming out that people with COVID-19 are suffering from cognitive effects, such as brain fog and fatigue.
The new finding strongly suggests that SARS-CoV-2, the cause of COVID-19, can enter the brain.
The spike protein, often called the S1 protein, dictates which cells the virus can enter. Usually, the virus does the same thing as its binding protein, says lead author William A. Banks, a professor of medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine and a Puget Sound Veterans Affairs Healthcare System physician and researcher. Banks says binding proteins like S1 usually by themselves cause damage as they detach from the virus and cause inflammation.
COVID-19 Causes Brain Storm
Emerging shreds of evidence shed light on the role of COVID-19, causing cognitive effects, such as brain fog, and fatigue. The spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus often called the S1 protein - depicted as the red arms of the virus, crosses the blood-brain barrier in mice and enters the brain, causing them to release cytokines and inflammatory products, as per a study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience.
The spike protein is responsible for dictating which cells the virus can enter. These binding proteins by themselves can cause damage to the cells as they detach from the virus and cause inflammation.
Research strongly suggests COVID-19 virus enters the brain
A study published in Nature Neuroscience shows how spike protein crosses the blood-brain barrier
The S1 protein likely causes the brain to release inflammatory products causing a storm in the brain, researchers said. CREDIT Alice Gray
More and more evidence is coming out that people with COVID-19 are suffering from cognitive effects, such as brain fog and fatigue.
And researchers are discovering why. The SARS-CoV-2 virus, like many viruses before it, is bad news for the brain. In a study published Dec.16 in
Nature Neuroscience, researchers found that the spike protein, often depicted as the red arms of the virus, can cross the blood-brain barrier in mice.