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Organ transplant recipients remain vulnerable to COVID-19 even after secon
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 7 (ANI): Researchers at Johns Hopkins have found that two doses of a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 -- the virus that causes COVID-19 -- confers some protection for people who have received solid organ transplants, it's still not enough to enable them to dispense with COVID
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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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COVID-19 vaccination associated with fewer asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infecti
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 6 (ANI): Vaccination dramatically reduced COVID-19 symptomatic and asymptomatic infections in St. Jude Children's Research Hospital employees compared with their unvaccinated peers, according to a research letter.
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New research analyzes more palatable alternatives to control SARS-CoV-2 sp
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 6 (ANI): At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, intense social distancing and lockdown measures were the primary weapon in the fight against the spread of SARS-CoV-2, but they came with a monumental societal burden. New research from the Center for the Ecology of Inf
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Researchers discover long-acting injectable medicine as potential route to
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Liverpool [UK], May 5 (ANI): Researchers from the University of Liverpool have shown the potential of repurposing an existing and cheap drug into a long-acting injectable therapy that could be used to treat Covid-19.
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Eight Asiatic lions housed in Hyderabad zoo infected with COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 4 (ANI): Eight Asiatic lions housed in the Nehru Zoological Park (NZP) Hyderabad have tested positive for SARS-CoV2 virus.
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Greater risk of poor COVID outcomes in minority ethnic groups in England:
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Cambridge [England], May 1 (ANI): Minority ethnic groups had a higher risk of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 and of COVID-19-related hospitalisations, intensive care (ICU) admissions and death compared with white groups in England, according to an observational study published in The Lancet
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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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