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The importance of copper in the function of neutrophils and lymphocytes as been addressed on another post. This post never actually presented real data. We retrospectively analyzed data from a study performed by KGK Synergize in 2014. KGK analyzed the raw numbers of neutrophils and lymphocytes using an ANOVA model because the data were nonparametric.Continue reading “Our NLR results”

Quality control (QC) by color? Isn’t that rather subjective? What if you are a male (or a rare female) with color blindness? We know that when Cu(I)NA2 oxidizes to Cu(II)NA2 the color appears turquoise. Why is that? The reason it appears to our eyes to be turquoise is because the material is absorbing in theContinue reading “QC by color”

Inspired by Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)- Using Ascorbic Acid and Zinc Supplementation (COVIDAtoZ) This study protocol differs from other iterations as the Covid-19 death toll reaches 400,000. There’s a nice zinc supplement study zinc supplement study: A single-center, prospective, open label four arm study (1. Zinc only 2. Zinc and ascorbic acid 3. Ascorbic acid onlyContinue reading “Copper for Covid”

Covid-19 vaccines share many side effects with the actual infection. Wikipedia has a page on Coivd-19 vaccines at various stages of clinical trials. Fever, fatigue, and muscle pain are many recorded side effects from clinical trials with results. The mRNA-1273 vaccine, sponsored by Moderna, NIAID, BARDA has a different set of side effects. One ofContinue reading “Covid-19 vaccines”

We have heard about IL-1 as part of the Covid-19 cytokine storm. It is often labeled as a bad player in many varieties of inflammation. IL-1 is actually a family of small proteins, IL-1β being the most notorious, pro-inflammatory member. IL-1β is part of many inflammatory diseases. This post is not intended to offer medicalContinue reading “IL-1 and copper”

Long haul Covid-19 According to the National Health Service of the UK, long term Covid may have some of the following symptoms: extreme tiredness (fatigue) shortness of breath chest pain or tightness problems with memory and concentration (“brain fog”) difficulty sleeping (insomnia) heart palpitations dizziness pins and needles high temperature depression and anxiety joint painContinue reading “Covid citizen scientist”

Coivd-19 patients have difficulty breathing.  Is this due to lost of lung capacity, the cytokine storm, or a combination of the two?  The neurons of the locus ceruleus are themselves very sensitive to CO2/pH. [1]  The A6 norepinepthrine releasing neurons of the LC play a role in translating changes in CO2/pH  to changes in respiration.Continue reading “locus ceruleus ventilation”

Do temperatures associated with infections track diurnal variations of body temperatures?  A trip back to the 1800s Sometimes searching for images is a good way of finding things.   One such image search led us to an article in a journal called the History of Science[1]. The authors described a group of physicians turning theirContinue reading “monitoring fevers”