And here's a local "Science on Tap" event: Supercomputing and Systems Biology: A New Hypothesis for COVID-19 Dr. Daniel Jacobson https://www.ornl.gov/staff-profile/daniel-jacobson https://www.meetup.com/ScienceOnTapORWA/events/273259319/
On 9/2/20 4:33 PM, uǝlƃ ↙↙↙ wrote: > Thanks for sending that along! > > Here's the Smmry for easy Nabble searching: > https://smmry.com/https://elemental.medium.com/a-supercomputer-analyzed-covid-19-and-an-interesting-new-theory-has-emerged-31cb8eba9d63#&SM_LENGTH=7 > >> Jacobson's team says in their paper that "The pathology of Covid-19 is >> likely the result of Bradykinin Storms rather than cytokine storms," which >> had been previously identified in Covid-19 patients, but that "The two may >> be intricately linked." Other papers had previously identified bradykinin >> storms as a possible cause of Covid-19's pathologies. >> >> According to the researchers, bradykinin storms could create arrhythmias and >> low blood pressure, which are often seen in Covid-19 patients. >> >> Jacobson told me, "It is a reasonable hypothesis that many of the >> neurological symptoms in Covid-19 could be due to an excess of bradykinin. >> It has been reported that bradykinin would indeed be likely to increase the >> permeability of the blood-brain barrier. In addition, similar neurological >> symptoms have been observed in other diseases that result from an excess of >> bradykinin." >> >> Increased bradykinin levels could also account for other common Covid-19 >> symptoms. >> >> The similarities between ACE inhibitor side effects and Covid-19 symptoms >> strengthen the bradykinin hypothesis, the researchers say. >> >> Though still an emerging theory, the bradykinin hypothesis explains several >> other of Covid-19's seemingly bizarre symptoms. >> >> The bradykinin hypothesis provides a model that "Contributes to a better >> understanding of Covid-19" and "Adds novelty to the existing literature," >> according to scientists Frank van de Veerdonk, Jos WM van der Meer, and >> Roger Little, who peer-reviewed the team's paper. > > > > On 9/2/20 11:04 AM, Merle Lefkoff wrote: >> https://elemental.medium.com/a-supercomputer-analyzed-covid-19-and-an-interesting-new-theory-has-emerged-31cb8eba9d63 > -- glen ep ropella 971-599-3737 - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/
