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May need COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for emerging variants: AIIMS chief
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): With various mutations of the SARS-CoV-2 emerging in the near future, there might be a need for the country to adopt a booster dose with second-generation COVID-19 vaccines, said All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) chief Dr Randeep Guleria. Read More
Researchers demonstrate why different types of cancer are caused by identi
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Heidelberg [Germany], July 19 (ANI): During a new study, researchers demonstrated that cells originating from different organs are differentially susceptible to activating mutations in cancer drivers. The same mutation in precursor cells of the pancreas or the bile duct leads to fundamentall
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COVID-19 virus may reach its endemic stage subsequently, like Influenza: I
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 9 (ANI): Experts suggest that the COVID-19 virus, just like Influenza, will subsequently reach its endemic stage, that is, it will always be present in a certain population or region. They added that mutations are normal, and there is nothing to panic about
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Experts says COVID-19 vaccines effective despite virus mutations
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 3 (ANI): Coronavirus vaccines remain effective in spite of the virus mutations, said an official of the St. Petersburg Pasteur Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology on Friday.
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Study suggests males keep populations genetically healthy
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 27 (ANI): The findings of a new study suggest that a few males are enough to fertilise all the females. The number of males, therefore, has little bearing on a population's growth. However, they are important for purging bad mutations from the population.
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Genomics-informed decisions can help save species from extinction: Study
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 6 (ANI): Researchers in Copenhagen, Norwich and Lund University have shown that harmful mutations present in the DNA play an important- yet neglected- role in the conservation and translocation programs of threatened species.
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Monoclonal antibody cocktail unlikely to cause further mutations of COVID-
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): Monoclonal antibody cocktail, used for the treatment of COVID-19, is unlikely to lead to further mutation of the virus, said Dr Raman R Gangakhedkar, former Head Scientist of Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases at the Indian Council of Medical Research (IC
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Over 13,000 coronavirus variants detected in Russia, says vaccine develope
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Novosibirsk [Russia], May 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian scientists have already identified more than 13,000 coronavirus mutations, but most of them do not have any significant impact on the course of the pandemic, Rinat Maksyutov, the director of the Vector research center that developed the Epi
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Structural details of how SARS-CoV-2 variants escape immune response revea
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
California [US], May 21 (ANI): Fast-spreading variants of the COVID-19-causing coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, carry mutations that enable the virus to escape some of the immune response created naturally or by vaccination. A new study by a team of researchers has revealed key details of how these
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Covid-19 virus is more aggressive, need to work together to fight it, says
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): Work is being done on genome sequencing of coronavirus and mutations and the repercussions and this virus is more aggressive than others, German Ambassador to India Walter J Lindner has said and noted that countries have to come together to fight the pandemic.
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Researchers find rare genetic disease caused by mutations in protein that
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Pittsburgh [US], May 7 (ANI): An international group of collaborators led by researchers at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh have identified a genetic cause of a rare neurological disorder marked by developmental delay and loss of coordination, or ataxia. The research was published in
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COVID-19: Govt's failure has made another devastating national lockdown al
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has written a second letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the ongoing COVID-19 situation in the country, saying the government should implement several measures including assessment of the efficacy of all vaccines
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