Scientists identify a new method to treat triple-negative breast cancer
A team of clinicians and scientists from the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS), Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and A*STAR’s Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) has...
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Phage-like particle system provides a platform for quick and easy vaccine generation
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was detected initially in patients in Wuhan, China, in late 2019. This betacoronavirus is of the same family...
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Emergence of a new SARS-CoV-2 variant from Southern France
In December 2019, a novel coronavirus was reported from the Wuhan province of China which, subsequently, spread rapidly across the world. The World Health Organization...
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Scientists develop an extremely potent siRNA with broad activity against SARS-CoVs
Researchers in Germany have developed a promising approach to suppressing the viral replication of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) – the agent that...
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New modeling highlights the role of socio-economic status in Covid-19 transmission in Kenya
Combining data on antibody prevalence, PCR test results, genomic surveillance and population mobility from smartphones has allowed infectious disease modelers to explain the evolution of...
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New personalized test to detect leukemia relapse sooner and avoid false negative results
Researchers have developed a new protocol for monitoring acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common cancer in children, to inform more effective treatment strategies and...
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A study on the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.620 lineage
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is constantly mutating. As of now, several different distinct SARS-CoV-2 lineages have arisen in multiple geographic areas...
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Scientists develop platform to track SARS-CoV-2 lineages
As the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2) Omicron variant makes its way across the world, it is one of five variants of concern...
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Cheap and accessible methods for genome sequencing will help tackle future pandemics
A worldwide consortium of scientists, led by the Earlham Institute and the University of Liverpool in the UK, mark a significant milestone in equipping researchers...
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Persistence of humoral immune response in SARS-CoV-2 convalescent individuals a year after infection
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines are believed to be the only effective means to contain the pandemic rapidly. Scientists have worked at an unprecedented speed...
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Study finds methylene blue is a low-micromolar inhibitor of the the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and ACE2 interaction
The rapid outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome‐coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), a novel coronavirus, caused the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Among all the known coronaviruses, SARS-CoV-2...
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Study describes the identification of a SARS-CoV-2 variant that escapes detection by antigen tests
In a recent study posted to the Research Square* preprint server and under consideration at a Nature Portfolio Journal, researchers raised concerns that some severe...