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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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Safe, highly efficacious measles virus-based vaccine expressing SARS-CoV-2
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 10 (ANI): Researchers have found that 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 spi
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Scientists highlight potency of mini antibodies against COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 9 (ANI): The study led by researchers from National Institutes of Health have highlighted the effectiveness of 'nanobodies' produced by a llama named Cormac in preventing infections and detecting virus particles by grabbing hold of SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins.
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Six UK returnees in Kerala test positive for new Covid strain
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], January 4 (ANI): Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja on Monday said that six persons, who returned from the UK, have been confirmed with multiple spike protein mutations - SARS-CoV-2 virus.
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