Primorsky scientists, along with Chinese doctors, have created a unique artificial intelligence program to help diagnose and treat pneumonia caused by the 2019-nCoV coronavirus. On the eve of the Ministry of Health of China released the "Program for the diagnosis and treatment of pneumonia in the new coronavirus infection." The Institute of Automation and Control Processes of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, with the support of the WHO Program Center of the Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service, used the proposed program to create a system that will help diagnose and make decisions when choosing the optimal treatment for infected patients. Specialists will be able to consult with artificial intelligence both for making a diagnosis and for receiving treatment recommendations, TASS reports.
Primorsky scientists, along with Chinese doctors, have created a unique artificial intelligence program to help diagnose and treat pneumonia caused by the 2019-nCoV coronavirus. On the eve of the Ministry of Health of China released the "Program for the diagnosis and treatment of pneumonia in the new coronavirus infection." The Institute of Automation and Control Processes of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, with the support of the WHO Program Center of the Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service, used the proposed program to create a system that will help diagnose and make decisions when choosing the optimal treatment for infected patients. Specialists will be able to consult with artificial intelligence both for making a diagnosis and for receiving treatment recommendations, TASS reports.
"Since the 2019-nCoV vaccine against coronavirus will not be created earlier than 2021, the most effective treatment is traditional Chinese medicine," the press service of the Vladivostok university said.
What is already known about the new 2019-nCoV virus? It is very similar to other coronaviruses and is especially close to SARS - the very one that was responsible for SARS in China. It is also similar to MERS, a virus that causes Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome.
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“The peculiarity of 2019-nCoV is that it has a genome in the form of ribonucleic acid (RNA), one of the three main macromolecules that are found in the cells of all living organisms,” Pavel Volchkov, head of the genomic engineering laboratory of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, told RG . - In addition, this virus is the record holder in size. A large genome makes it possible to "carry" not only the necessary genes, but also auxiliary ones. This allows the virus to take control of the host cell: it forces it to "work" on its, the virus's needs. Moreover, it does not allow the cell to sound an alarm in time to “turn on” the immune system.
According to Pavel Yurievich, coronavirus can rapidly adapt to the human body, and evade the immune response.
“This allows you to very quickly start the synthesis of the necessary proteins in the required volume, unlike DNA viruses,” the scientist says.
Another feature: mutations made Chinese coronavirus very aggressive. The pneumonia that it causes in some cases leads to pulmonary failure. And sometimes fatal.
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- Outbreaks of diseases caused by coronaviruses have not been observed for the first time. Let me remind you of SARS in 2002-2003, the Middle East respiratory syndrome in 2012 and 2015, - says Stanislav Otstanov, deputy head of the laboratory for the analysis of population health indicators and digitalization of healthcare at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. - The virus spreads with the greatest intensity during the first few months. If preventive safety measures are not followed, remote outbreaks are possible. For example, the first cases of Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome in the world were recorded in 2012. A fairly intense outbreak occurred in 2015 in South Korea. They managed to quickly localize it, and two months later the Korean authorities announced the end of the epidemic.
Previous coronavirus epidemics bypassed Russia. This may indicate that prevention has done its job, and sanitary and epidemiological surveillance has the necessary experience. However, this does not negate the need to comply with all security measures both at the state level and at the level of each person.
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Why did this virus, and even SARS in its time, appear in China? Most likely, this is due to the enormous population density, as well as the climate favorable for the development of such viruses. It is possible that traditional Chinese cuisine is also among the culprits. The country's markets abound with fried, dried and dried insects, rodents and reptiles of all kinds. According to preliminary data, the new coronavirus could pass to humans just from snakes, which are traditionally eaten in the region
In Russia, some manufacturers of antiviral drugs with unproven effectiveness have already taken advantage of the panic. Pharmacies are full of advertisements, and on the radio, without hesitation, they say that "a means of combating the new virus has been found." In fact, no proven cure for coronavirus exists yet. In China, they announced the creation of a vaccine, but it takes time to develop it.
In June, Novosibirsk scientists also plan to test two vaccines for the new coronavirus. According to the official publication of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences "Science in Siberia", two diagnostic kits for the Chinese coronavirus have been created at the State Scientific Center for Virology and Biotechnology "Vector". They have already been sent to some regions of Russia.
Meanwhile, many experts, based on experience, do not exclude that the flash will go out by itself. After all, this is exactly what happened at the time with SARS.
