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Scientists reveal roots of major depression in all its genetic complexity
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 31 (ANI): A massive genome-wide association study (GWAS) of genetic and health records of 1.2 million people from four separate data banks has identified 178 gene variants linked to major depression, a disorder that will affect one of every five people during their lifet
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Researchers discover drug that blocks multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants in mice
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Pennsylvania [US], May 28 (ANI): The drug diABZI -- which activates the body's innate immune response -- was highly effective in preventing severe COVID-19 in mice that were infected with SARS-CoV-2, according to scientists in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
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Neutralization data provides strong support that our vaccine will continue
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): Pfizer said on Thursday said that neutralisation against the B.1.617 variant of coronavirus is being tested as part of its ongoing monitoring activities.
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Vaccines effective in combating mutated Covid variants, protecting benefic
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): With several cases of Covid-19 infections being reported after partial or full vaccinations, concerns have been raised on the efficacy of vaccination against the mutated variants of the novel coronavirus.
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US not fully safe with vaccinations unless coronavirus variants curbed: US
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States is not assured of being fully safe from the coronavirus even with its high rate in vaccination unless it extends the global fight to defeat the variants from the scourge, US Agency for International Development (USAID) COVID-19 Task
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Moderna CEO advocates 3rd vaccine dose to protect people at risk
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Vaccination with a booster shot among as many people as possible is a good way to protect those most at risk against ever-emerging new coronavirus variants, Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel said on Sunday.
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Second Covid wave is affecting younger people more than older ones
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 23 (ANI): The second Covid-19 wave in the country has been much more devastating than the first with fast-spreading variants that seem to be infecting younger people.
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Germany bars visitors from Britain, N Ireland over Covid variants of conce
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], May 22 (ANI): Travellers from Britain and Northern Ireland will be barred from Sunday from entering Germany, which has classified the United Kingdom as a Covid-19 virus variant area of concern region.
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Over 13,000 coronavirus variants detected in Russia, says vaccine develope
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Novosibirsk [Russia], May 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian scientists have already identified more than 13,000 coronavirus mutations, but most of them do not have any significant impact on the course of the pandemic, Rinat Maksyutov, the director of the Vector research center that developed the Epi
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UK pushes forward "Global Pandemic Radar" to tackle COVID-19 variants
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], May 21 (ANI/Xinhua): British government Friday launched plans for a new "Global Pandemic Radar" to identify emerging COVID-19 variants and track new diseases around the world.
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Structural details of how SARS-CoV-2 variants escape immune response revea
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
California [US], May 21 (ANI): Fast-spreading variants of the COVID-19-causing coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, carry mutations that enable the virus to escape some of the immune response created naturally or by vaccination. A new study by a team of researchers has revealed key details of how these
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UK launches plans for Global Pandemic Radar to detect COVID-19 variants, e
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], May 21 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Friday that the United Kingdom will work with the World Health Organization, other partners and nations to develop an advanced international pathogen surveillance network to identify COVID-19 variants and emergin
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