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- Researchers from the UK and Germany have developed a breakthrough coronavirus blood test that could help to save more lives.
- By studying the different levels of 27 proteins in the blood, scientists could predict the prognosis of COVID-19 cases with high accuracy.
- Additional clinical trials are needed to validate the results. If successful, the new blood test might warn doctors that patients are more likely to experience complications or die and help them decide on therapies that can prevent negative outcomes more quickly.
Compared to the early months of the pandemic, doctors have various tools at their disposal that can prevent severe COVID-19 cases and save more lives. But the novel coronavirus death toll continues to increase, as millions of people contract the illness around the world each week. COVID-19 transmission is at an all-time high in the northern hemisphere, including the US, Europe, and other places, just as several nations are preparing COVID-19 vaccination campaigns. The vaccines can be used to prevent severe coronavirus complications that can lead to death, but they won’t work on infected people.
People will likely continue to get infected even after vaccine-based herd immunity is reached, as experts anticipate that COVID-19 will become endemic like the flu. That’s why the world needs even better therapies to reduce the risk of complications further and save even more lives. Various teams are already studying new COVID-19 therapies that are showing promise in early trials. But it might be a different breakthrough that could help doctors save lives in the near future, regardless of whether new drugs are approved or not.
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