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Part of a series on the COVID-19 pandemic Scientifically accurate atomic model of the external structure of SARS-CoV-2. Each "ball" is an atom. COVID-19 (disease) SARS-CoV-2 (virus) Cases Deaths Timeline 2019 2020 January responses February responses March responses April responses May responses June responses July responses August responses September responses October responses November ...
Gadolinium is used in nuclear marine propulsion systems as a burnable poison. The use of gadolinium in neutron capture therapy to target tumors has been investigated, and gadolinium-containing compounds have proven promising. [31]
The Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 Therapy (RECOVERY Trial) [1] is a large-enrollment clinical trial of possible treatments for people in the United Kingdom admitted to hospital with severe COVID-19 infection. [2] [3] [4] The trial was later expanded to Indonesia, Nepal and Vietnam. [5]
Neutron capture therapy was first proposed in the literature in 1936 by Gordon L. Locher, who observed that isotopes with large neutron capture cross sections, such as boron-10, could be accumulated in cancerous tissue and bombarded with thermal neutrons to induce destruction of the cancerous cells. [4]
Neutron capture is a nuclear reaction in which an atomic nucleus and one or more neutrons collide and merge to form a heavier nucleus. [1] Since neutrons have no electric charge, they can enter a nucleus more easily than positively charged protons , which are repelled electrostatically .
Bebtelovimab is a neutralizing human immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) monoclonal antibody, isolated from a patient who has recovered from the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), directed against the spike (S) protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), that can potentially be used for immunization against COVID-19.
2. High-LET protons, produced by the scattering of fast neutrons and from the capture of thermal neutrons by nitrogen atoms [14 N(n,p) 14 C]; and 3. High-LET, heavier charged alpha particles (stripped down helium [4 He] nuclei) and lithium-7 ions, released as products of the thermal neutron capture and decay reactions with 10 B [10 B(n,α) 7 Li].
Enrolling people with COVID-19 infection is simplified by gathering informed consent, and capturing data on an online clinical trial platform (Castor EDC). [ 6 ] [ 2 ] After the trial staff determine the drugs available at the hospital, the platform randomizes the hospitalized subject to one of the trial drugs or to the hospital standard of ...