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Engineering nanobodies as lifesavers when SARS-CoV-2 variants attack
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 22 (ANI): Scientists at Ohio State University are pursuing a new strategy in the protracted fight against the SARS-CoV-2 virus by engineering nanobodies that can neutralise virus variants in two different ways.
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Wuhan lab leak possible origin of COVID-19, says Indian scientist couple
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], June 5 (ANI): An Indian scientist couple is working with netizens globally and has discovered some compelling evidence to support the hypothesis that SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) originated from a lab in Wuhan rather than a seafood market as China as widely informe
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COVID-19 origin: New life to Wuhan lab-leak theory
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): Eighteen months since China reported the first patient with Covid-19 like symptoms, the deadly SARS-CoV-2 virus has spread like wildfire over the world claiming the lives of over 35 lakh people and infecting over 16.8 crore in more than 180 countries.
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Study on harnessing next generation sequencing to detect SARS-CoV-2
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Vienna [Austria], May 25 (ANI): During the pandemic, it is extremely critical to detect the virus at the beginning stage, and in a move to achieve the same a team of researchers at the Vienna BioCenter designed a testing protocol for SARS-CoV-2 that can process tens of thousands of samples i
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SARS-CoV-2 DNA integration into host genomes
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): A study finds that deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) from the SARS-CoV-2 virus can integrate into host genomes, potentially explaining why some people continue to test positive for COVID-19 via PCR tests without any detectable infectious virus.
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Researchers discover nanobodies inhibit SARS-CoV-2 infection
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], April 26 (ANI): In a groundbreaking discovery, Australian researchers have identified neutralising nanobodies that block the SARS-CoV-2 virus from entering cells in preclinical models.
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O2 Cure donates 200+ corona neutralizer air purifiers to COVID patients an
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI/NewsVoir): O2 Cure; an air purification solution provider today announced that they have donated 200+ corona neutralizing air purifiers to COVID+ patients as well as have installed, tested and proven air purification solution to neutralize the SARS-CoV-2 (COV
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Study sheds light on ten reasons why the coronavirus is airborne
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Colorado [US], April 16 (ANI): According to a new assessment published today in the medical journal Lancet there is consistent, strong evidence that the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, is predominantly transmitted through the air.
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Hearing loss strongly associated with COVID-19, finds study
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 27 (ANI): The findings of a novel study associates hearing loss and other auditory problems with COVID-19.
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Study sheds light on recombinant vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 in mice
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 10 (ANI): Researchers have found that modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA), a smallpox vaccine, can be further modified in a recombinant form to express the spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and that injection of one or two doses of the recombinant MVA protected tr
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New study explains how SARS-CoV-2 may seize human cells
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 22 (ANI): Another detailed study by the American Association for the Advancement of Science asserts that the SARS-CoV-2 virus not only targets to enter the human cells but begin to replicate and spread as well.
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'Why expose people to risk?' Kejriwal urges Centre to extend ban on UK fli
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 7 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday hit out at the Centre for partially lifting the ban and resuming flights between India and the UK amid concerns over the new mutant strain of SARS-Cov-2 virus.
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