More than 99.9% of seasonal coronaviruses present in airborne droplets were killed when exposed to a particular wavelength of ultraviolet light that is safe to use around humans, a new study at Columbia University Irving Medical Center has found. “Based…
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Using riboflavin, UV light reduces SARS-CoV-2 pathogens in plasma, whole blood
Scientists do not yet know if Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, or SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—can be transmitted by blood transfusion. But given the unknowns around this new pathogen, researchers at Colorado State University used existing technologies to…
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DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: A box of light can beat winter blues
Suffer with Seasonal Affective Disorder? A box of light can beat the winter blues – AND boost your sex drive, DR MICHAEL MOSLEY reveals It is cold, dark and wet outside, but – call me a masochist – even when the…
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