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Scientists scramble to understand highly mutated coronavirus variant spott
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The new variant, called BA.2.86 and nicknamed Pirola by variant hunters on social media, has more than 30 amino acid changes to its spike protein compared with its next closest ancestor, the BA.2 subvariant of Omicron, according to Dr Jesse Bloom, who studies viral evolution at the Fred H
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Research shows how a viral toxin may exacerbate severe COVID-19
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A new study in the journal Nature Communications reveals how a viral toxin produced by the SARS-CoV-2 virus may contribute to severe COVID-19 infections. The study shows how a portion of the SARS-CoV-2 "spike" protein can damage cell barriers that line the inside of blood vessels within orga
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COVID-19 vaccine activates antibodies that target parts of the virus: Stud
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 5 (ANI): Considering the speculation about whether the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine can reawaken previous antibody responses and pave the way to a universal coronavirus vaccine, new research on a COVID-19 vaccine's antibody response suggests that the immune system's history with
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Current anti-COVID pills work well against Omicron, antibody drugs less ef
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Wisconsin [US], January 27 (ANI): A new study has found the drugs behind the new pills to treat COVID-19 remain very effective against the Omicron variant of the virus in lab tests.
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Study finds changes in Omicron's spike protein
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 26 (ANI): A team of scientists has found the precise structural changes in the spike protein of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
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Immune memory becomes less durable post severe COVID: Study
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 25 (ANI): Infection-fighting B cells retain better memory of the coronavirus spike protein in patients who recover from less-severe cases of COVID-19 than in those recovering from severe COVID-19, according to scientists from The University of Texas Health Science C
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Study finds immune memory less durable post severe COVID
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Texas [US], December 24 (ANI): According to new research, infection-fighting B cells retain better memory of the coronavirus spike protein in patients who recover from less-severe cases of COVID-19 than in those recovering from severe COVID-19.
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Study shows antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 remain stable, even increase sev
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Barcelona [Spain], August 9 (ANI): According to a recent study in a cohort of healthcare workers, the levels of IgG antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein remained stable, or even increased, seven months after the infection.
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Prophecy Sensorlytics announces breakthrough bio-sensor technology to dete
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 19 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Prophecy Sensorlytics Pvt Ltd (the Indian subsidiary of MachineSense LLC, USA) announced today the development of a breakthrough in bio-sensor technology that detects Covid-19 and other spike protein viruses in aerosol phase.
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Researchers study virus-cell interaction to understand COVID-19's high inf
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Pennsylvania [US], March 29 (ANI): Scientists from Lehigh University during a recent study identified a previously unknown interaction between receptors in human cells and the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. This new information could help in the development of n
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Measles virus expressing the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein stabilized in its pr
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 13 (ANI): An attenuated measles virus expressing the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein stabilized in its prefusion form induced higher levels of SARS-CoV-2-specific neutralizing antibodies in cotton rats than a virus expressing native full-length spike protein, scientists said
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Recombinant form of MVA vaccine can be used against SARS-CoV-2 infection,
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington DC [US], March 13 (ANI): Scientists have tracked down that modified vaccinia infection Ankara (MVA), a smallpox immunisation, can be additionally changed in a recombinant structure to communicate the spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 infection and that injection of a couple of dosag
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