Coronavirus Archives - El·lipse

08.07.2020

MARBiobanc makes more than 2000 samples from COVID-19 patients available for research

The coronavirus pandemic has aggravated and increased the cases of mental health disorders in certain population groups. | Picture by Tumisu from Needpix.

29.06.2020

Two projects to study the impact of COVID-19 on mental health

26.06.2020

The PRBB choir and orchestra, rehearsals during lockdown

We know that animals support people in difficult times, but this benefit has never been measured in a context where the whole population has been exposed to the same problem, on the scale of the COVID-19 epidemic. | Picture by Bruno Cervera from Unsplash.

23.06.2020

Companion animals have been key for emotional support during lockdown

22.06.2020

How to be a researcher and a mum in times of Covid-19

Nearly half of the parets believe the physical and emotional health, as well as the quality of life of children will be affected after lockdown.

21.06.2020

Lockdown has affected the health of children in Spain

The speed with which research results about the coronavirus are going from bench to publication is like nothing we've ever seen before. But it has risks.

01.06.2020

The coronavirus that accelerated science like nothing before

Volunteers from the CRG are coming in everyday to the PRBB to run tests on the coronavirus.Volunteers from the CRG are coming in everyday to the PRBB to run tests on the coronavirus.

25.05.2020

“You are never prepared for this” – an opinion article on the COVID-19 testing experience

The last "IMIM Seminars At Home" presented two of the Covid19 projects taking place at the IMIM. One focuses on drug development, the other relies on the immune response.

22.05.2020

Drugs and antibodies: the strategies of two IMIM groups to block SARS-CoV-2

Ivermectin was recently shown to inhibit the replication of SARS-CoV-2 in vitro at very high doses, but this effect has not yet been studied in vivo. The new study will investigate this question in a randomised trial. | Picture by ISGlobal.

21.05.2020

New study to assess the efficacy of ivermectin against COVID-19

21.05.2020

Re-opening the labs

Untrained staff performing the test will get an unequivocal result from the instrument. | Picture by the UPF.

15.05.2020

InstaCOVID19: UPF develops rapid diagnostic tests for SARS-CoV-2