Human coronavirus replicates in bats without using the spike protein
Researchers in Singapore have conducted a study showing active replication of a human coronavirus in bats that occurred without the viral spike protein binding to...
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Clinical assay validation for SARS-CoV-2 sequencing using Swift Biosciences amplicon panel
The spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) over the whole world, causing successive waves of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has led...
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Community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 lineage with novel mutations in Florida
New variants of concern (VOCs) of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are continually emerging and spreading on a global scale. Therefore, there...
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Genomic sequencing supports a long-term infection as source of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron
In a recent study published on the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers investigate the nucleotide sequences of the newly emerged severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2...
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Evidence on intra-host recombination of SARS-CoV-2 during superinfection by Alpha and Epsilon variants in USA
Researchers working across the USA, Ghana and South Africa have captured an instance of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) superinfection in an individual,...
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First complete, gapless sequence of a human genome published
Scientists have published the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome, two decades after the Human Genome Project produced the first draft human genome...
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Referential alarm calling elicits future vigilance in brood parasite hosts
Oct 8 2021 Yellow warblers are hosts to brood parasitic brown-headed cowbirds, which rely on other species to raise their offspring. Warblers use referential “seet”...
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Intra-host SARS-CoV-2 evolution in immunocompromised kidney transplant patient
According to new research published in the journal Nature Communications, immunocompromised patients may be valuable in studying severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2’s (SARS-CoV-2) evolution....
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Researchers spot signs of ‘pre-resistance’ in bacteria for the first time
Scientists have spotted signs of ‘pre-resistance’ in bacteria for the first time – signs that particular bacteria are likely to become resistant to antibiotics in...
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Study reinforces the link between microglia and some cases of brain disease
Certain subtle differences in DNA sequences are known to raise the chances a person may develop Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease. Some of these differences may...
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Genetically informed brain atlases help identify hundreds of genomic loci
An international team of scientists has used atlases of the human brain informed by genetics to identify hundreds of genomic loci. Loci is plural for...
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“MixOmicron” SARS-CoV-2 recombinant evades variant screening
During the last year of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, multiple variants of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged and circulated,...