Metal ions help COVID-19 virus to disguise itself

June 2, 2021

Scientists from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio have discovered a mechanism by which SARS-CoV-2 exploits changes in metal ion concentrations to disguise itself in the body. Varying concentrations of metal ions — positively charged atoms such as magnesium, manganese and calcium — are observed in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

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MedCity News: StartUPDATES: New developments from healthcare startups

May 7, 2021

Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals Inc., a drug discovery and development company advancing novel neuroprotective therapeutics for treating neurodegenerative brain injuries, is mentioned in this MedCity News story. Dr. James Lechleiter, Cell Systems and Anatomy, is the inventor and patent holder on technology licensed to Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals Inc. Read the story.


Science Codex: Diseases affect brain’s networks selectively, BrainMap analysis affirms

April 29, 2021

Dr. Peter Fox, director of the Research Imaging Institute, is quoted in this Science Codex story about a published study in the journal Communications Biology that utilized BrainMap, a database of more than 20,000 published functional and structural neuroimaging experiments. Dr. Fox and co-authors compared the connectivity patterns of large-scale functional networks used in normal […]


Discover Magazine: Fight or flight? Why our caveman brains keep getting confused

April 16, 2021

Dr. Sudha Seshadri, professor of neurology and director of the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, explains the link between neurodegenerative diseases and high cortisol levels in this Discover Magazine article. The story mentions that her research published in the journal Neurology, has shown that those with higher morning cortisol levels are more […]