{"id":665,"date":"2020-07-28T16:21:08","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T19:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pequenoprincipe.org.br\/newscovid19\/en\/?p=665"},"modified":"2020-08-03T16:39:33","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T19:39:33","slug":"worldwide-coronavirus-research-seeks-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pequenoprincipe.org.br\/newscovid19\/en\/10\/worldwide-coronavirus-research-seeks-volunteers\/","title":{"rendered":"Worldwide coronavirus research seeks volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Pel\u00e9 Pequeno Pr\u00edncipe Research Institute team that is part of the \u201cCOVID Human Genetic Effort<\/span><\/a>\u201d is looking for volunteers to participate in the study. The project is led by researchers Jean-Laurent Casanova and Helen Sue, and brings together immunologists from around the world. \u201cWe want to understand how and why some people are more susceptible than others to develop the severe form of the COVID-19,\u201d explains the doctor and coordinator of the project in the Southern region of Brazil, Carolina Prando, who is part of the international board from the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To participate in the research, some conditions are necessary, such as:
– have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 requiring hospitalization; or
– live in the same residence as a person who was in a serious condition, sharing personal objects, and not having been contaminated or having presented the mild form of the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The researchers withdraw four milligrams of blood from the volunteer. This sample undergoes a molecular exam called exoma, which sequences, at the same time, 22,000 genes present in the human genome, identifying changes that may be related to the worsening or resistance to the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doctor Carolina, who coordinates the project at the Research Institute, explains that blood collection can be done at any time, even after hospitalization. \u201cThe volunteer does not need to have the symptoms of COVID-19 at the time of blood donation for research,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those interested in participating in the research can contact the researcher\u2019s team by e-mail covidhpp@hpp.org.br<\/span><\/a>. Dentist Larissa Michaelis is one of the volunteers who is already participating in the study. Spontaneously, she recorded and released a video on her social networks inviting other people to participate as well. Watch the video:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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