CSHL Stories and Media archive for Tag: COVID-19

How two CSHL programs adapted during the COVID-19 pandemic

7/16/2020

Mikala Egeblad and David Micklos presented their work at the “Life Science Across the Globe” seminar series. Read the story »

Who COVID-19 hit hardest in New York

7/10/2020

Report on nearly 50,000 New Yorkers tested for COVID-19 reveals demographics, hospitalization rates for positive patients. Read the story »

New evidence for how blood clots may form in very ill COVID-19 patients

6/29/2020

The amount of NETs in COVID-19 patients’ blood vessels correlates with the severity of their disease. Read the story »

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative awards $2 million to medRxiv

6/18/2020

CZI partners with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Yale University, and BMJ to help scientists share health and clinical research faster. Read the story »

Applying symptom tracking to COVID-19 outpatient care using famotidine

6/4/2020

Researchers from CSHL and Northwell Health are developing a way to test promising COVID-19 drugs, like famotidine, by tracking outpatient symptoms. Read the story »

CSHL projects education outward

5/28/2020

The CSHL DNA Learning Center is leading the education field in building virtual, interactive science experiences. Read the story »

CSHL is changing scientific exchange

5/27/2020

The Lab leads the way in moving from on-site meetings and courses to virtual modes of scientific exchange. Read the story »

COVID-19 Tests Compared

5/25/2020

How an antiviral immune reaction can go too far

5/23/2020

White blood cells sacrifice themselves to ensnare invaders in a sticky NET (neutrophil extracellular trap), but in COVID-19, NETs may hurt us. Read the story »

Smoking increases SARS-CoV-2 receptors in the lung

5/18/2020

An increase in lung ACE2 may explain why smokers are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19. Read the story »

Coronavirus research in plants

5/15/2020

Purified coronavirus proteins are in short supply for COVID-19 researchers, so CSHL plant scientists are jumping in to make them. Read the story »

What do these scientist moms do? Ask their kids.

5/8/2020

We asked the children of three scientists to describe their mother’s work. See what they had to say. Read the story »

How NETs harm lungs

4/23/2020

Are NETs present in human ARDS, like during fulminant coronavirus infections? Could breaking up NETs help cure patients? Watch the video »

Global NETwork studies role of immune cells in COVID-19 deaths

4/16/2020

The symptoms of severe COVID-19 disease may be caused by overactive white blood cells that produce gauzy webs of DNA laced with toxic enzymes called NETs. Read the story »

Predicting the evolution of genetic mutations

4/14/2020

CSHL quantitative biologists have designed a computational approach for predicting the evolution of a rapidly mutating virus or cancer. Read the story »