A new study published in FrontCellDevBio explains the connection between rising COVID-19 case counts in early 2020 and the growing number of kidney injuries - via healthing_ca healthing COVID19 news
The device's 91 per cent accuracy would be an upgrade from the rapid antigen tests most Canadians have been relying on.“It was shocking to hear doctors describe how patients who were healthy suddenly developed kidney injury and needed to go on dialysis after contracting SARS-CoV-2,”, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering and medicine at Duke University.
To test their podocyte model with a live version of SARS-CoV-2, Musah and Kalejaiye joined forces with Maria Blasi, an assistant professor of medicine at Duke, who was exploring how viruses such as HIV are capable of infecting and damaging another type of kidney cell known as renal tubular epithelial cells.
“I think it’s remarkable that we went from being home and hearing the initial reports from physicians to forming this collaboration virtually and having these results on such a short timeline,” Musah said. “We had the right people and the right tools at the right time.
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