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South African President invites scientists from BRICS nations to study COV
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Pretoria [South Africa], December 10 (ANI): South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has invited scientists from the BRICS member states to visit his country and study the coronavirus and its mutations with local specialists.
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Omicron could have 'major impact', but no definitive answers yet: WHO
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 9 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) has shed light on features of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron, including the extent to which it will spread, and the number of mutations in the newfound strain.
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Omicron very different from Delta, Beta COVID variants, says South African
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): The South African doctor who first raised an alarm over Omicron states that the new coronavirus strain has significantly more mutations, as compared to the Delta or Beta variants of COVID-19 which can be easily missed if one is not clinically aware of
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Viral evolution in animals could reveal future of COVID-19: Study
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 2 (ANI): When animals catch COVID-19 from humans, new SARS-CoV-2 variants can arise. To evaluate this phenomenon, an interdisciplinary team at the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences systematically analysed mutation types occurring in the virus af
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OECD cuts global economic outlook for 2021 amid coronavirus variant concer
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], December 1 (ANI/Sputnik): The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development revised its global growth forecast for 2021 down to 5.6 per cent over concerns about the impact of coronavirus mutations on the recovery.
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Study finds new insights about tau protein in ALS patients
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Boston [US], November 30 (ANI): A team of researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital have found that people suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS who carry a mutation in the C9orf72 gene, exhibit elevated levels of tau and phosphorylated tau protein in their motor cortex
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Sputnik V will neutralize Omicron, if needed booster jabs out by Feb 2022:
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 29 (ANI): Russian Gamaleya Institute believes its Sputnik V and Light vaccines will neutralize the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 as they have the highest efficacy against mutations of the novel coronavirus, said Kirill Dmitriev, Chief Executive Officer of the Russ
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Study finds why moles become melanomas
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 28 (ANI): Melanocytes are cells that give colour to the skin to protect it from the sun's rays. Specific changes to the DNA sequence of melanocytes, called BRAF gene mutations, are found in over 75 per cent of moles. The same change is also found in 50 per cent of m
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Study on 2 booster candidates to anticipate omicron-like mutations: Modern
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 27 (ANI): US-based pharmaceutical company is studying two booster candidates designed to anticipate mutations similar to the Omicron COVID-19 variant.
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UK suspends flights to six African countries as new COVID variant emerges
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], November 26 (ANI): UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid on Thursday announced a temporary suspension of flights from six countries after reports emerged that a new COVID variant with more than 30 mutations is spreading in South Africa.
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Role of gene associated with Alzheimer's disease in brain's immune cells i
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 13 (ANI): Indiana University School of Medicine researchers investigated how the immune cells in the brain -- microglia -- relate to a gene mutation recently found in Alzheimer's disease patients.
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Study investigates role of gene associated with Alzheimer's disease in bra
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 8 (ANI): Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine have been investigating how the immune cells in the brain -- microglia -- relate to a gene mutation recently found in Alzheimer's disease patients.
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