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New testing strategy likely to speed up COVID-19 test results for healthca
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Philadelphia [US], April 26 (ANI): While it is known that fast turnaround of COVID-19 test results for healthcare workers is critical, a team of investigators have now developed a coronavirusus testing strategy that maximises the proportion of negative results after a single round of test
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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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Nanobody neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 and variant
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
California [US], April 24 (ANI): A cocktail of high-affinity nanobodies, which are small antigen recognition domains, from alpacas were able to neutralize both wild-type severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the N501Y D614G variant, said researchers in a new study
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Study reveals mother-to-newborn COVID-19 infection rates are low but indir
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Boston [US], April 23 (ANI): While mother-to-newborn transmission of the virus is rare, newborns of expectant mothers with COVID-19 can suffer indirect adverse health risks as a result of worsening maternal COVID-19 illness - suggest the findings of a new study.
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COVAXIN neutralises multiple variants of SARS-COV-2, double mutant strain:
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): Indigenously-developed Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin, made by Bharat Biotech, neutralises multiple variants of SARS-CoV-2 and effectively neutralises the double mutant strain as well, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Wednesday.
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Choosing the "Right" test is critical to understand the immune response to
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 19 (ANI/NewsVoir): Roche Diagnostics India launched its Quantitative antibody test- Elecsys Anti SARS CoV-2 S in January this year. The test since then has now been widely used in government and private hospitals and labs in various parts across the countr
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Double masking can be potent to protect people from COVID-19: Study
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 17 (ANI): A new study by the University of North Carolina Health Care shows that wearing two face coverings can nearly double the effectiveness of filtering out SARS-CoV-2-sized particles, preventing them from reaching the wearer's nose and mouth and causing COVID-19.
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Researchers find with impressive accuracy, dogs can sniff out coronavirus
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Pennsylvania [US], April 17 (ANI): A proof-of-concept investigation published today in the journal PLOS ONE suggests that specially trained detection dogs can sniff out COVID-19-positive samples with 96 per cent accuracy.
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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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Researchers use imaging agent that enables better monitoring of patients w
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 16 (ANI): An imaging agent allows scientists to better visualize Enterobacterales infections in patients, helping to address pathogens that can be life-threatening and frequently resist antibiotics.
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Study shows Ferret resistance to SARS-CoV-2 infection
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], April 16 (ANI): A study of 29 ferrets, which have been shown in laboratory studies to be susceptible to SARS-CoV-2, in a home with constant exposure to two human adults with symptomatic disease, one of whom was confirmed to be infected with SARS-CoV-2, finds no evidence of vir
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