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Researchers identify new therapies that could provide better protection against future COVID-19 variants

Researchers from the University of Kent in Canterbury, UK and the Goethe-University in Frankfurt am Main have identified new therapies for COVID-19 that could provide better protection against future variants and outbreaks.

8 Aug 2022

What is the vaccine effectiveness of BNT162b2 against Omicron in five to 11-year-olds?

Researchers evaluated the effectiveness of the BNT162b2 vaccine against the new SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern, Omicron, in five to 11-year-old children of Ontario, Canada.

8 Aug 2022

What were the health effects of long COVID during the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron wave?

A new study examined the health influences of long coronavirus disease during the 2021 to 2022 SARS-CoV-2 Omicron surge in Australia.

8 Aug 2022

Assessing immunization capacity of vaccine platforms with DNA origami harboring SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain

Researchers demonstrated that vaccine frameworks containing deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) origami possessing SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain induce strong protective immunity.

8 Aug 2022

How can we map the human genetic architecture of COVID-19 across all ancestry groups?

In a new study, researchers formed the COVID-19 host genetics initiative to compile a genome-wide association meta-analysis of 60 studies from 25 countries.

8 Aug 2022

BCG vaccine produces a "trained immunity response" which lasts more than a year

The immune boosting benefits of a tuberculosis vaccine can be seen in infants more than one year after vaccination, according to a new study.

8 Aug 2022

Study finds COVID associated with abnormal placental pathologies in nearly 50% of cohort

Researchers describe the impact of placental morphological changes in COVID-19 on pregnancy outcomes.

7 Aug 2022

UC San Diego and Rady Children’s Hospital join new study to better understand long-term impact of COVID-19

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego have joined a nationwide study to better understand the long-term impact of COVID-19 on patients in the United States across all demographic groups.

5 Aug 2022

Saliva-based self-testing platform detects SARS-CoV-2 with the same level of sensitivity as PCR tests

PCR tests, also called molecular tests or nucleic acid tests, are considered the gold standard in detecting the presence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that gives rise to COVID-19.

5 Aug 2022

Researchers analyze the genetic differentiation, diversity of Omicron variant during its early spread

More mutations have been carried by the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant than previously reported variants. However, the genetic differentiation and diversity within Omicron variant that occurs during its early spread remains unclear.

5 Aug 2022

Experts analyze the nature, prevalence, and severity of long-term symptoms related to COVID-19

One in eight adults (12.7%) who are infected with SARS-CoV-2 experience long term symptoms due to COVID-19, suggests a large Dutch study published in The Lancet.

5 Aug 2022

Gut microbiota-derived metabolites offer protection against SARS-CoV-2

A new study investigated how the gut microbiome confers immunity to mammalian hosts against SARS-CoV-2 intranasal infection by generating short-chain fatty acids.

5 Aug 2022

Study identifies broad-spectrum antibody that neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

Scientists have described the identification and therapeutic evaluation of an antibody that broadly neutralizes major variants of SARS-CoV-2, including the alpha, beta, delta, and omicron variants.

5 Aug 2022

scRNA-seq of SARS-CoV-2 infected lung organoids finds NFKB Inhibitor Alpha increased in infected cells

Researchers develop a genetically modified airway organoid system, which overcomes challenges related to natural variations in ACE2 levels

4 Aug 2022

How does the flu vaccine affect the risk of contracting COVID-19?

A new study describes the association between the risk of contracting COVID-19 and the seasonal flu vaccine.

4 Aug 2022

Twitter scraping tool reveals an “infodemic” of misinformation during the first year of COVID pandemic

More than 225,000 tweets with the hashtags #scamdemic and #plandemic led to an "infodemic" of misinformation and disinformation on Twitter during the first year of the pandemic, according to a study by UT Southwestern researchers published in PLOS ONE.

4 Aug 2022

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Researchers identify new therapies that could provide better protection against future COVID-19 variants

What is the vaccine effectiveness of BNT162b2 against Omicron in five to 11-year-olds?

What were the health effects of long COVID during the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron wave?

Assessing immunization capacity of vaccine platforms with DNA origami harboring SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain

How can we map the human genetic architecture of COVID-19 across all ancestry groups?

BCG vaccine produces a "trained immunity response" which lasts more than a year

Study finds COVID associated with abnormal placental pathologies in nearly 50% of cohort

UC San Diego and Rady Children’s Hospital join new study to better understand long-term impact of COVID-19

Saliva-based self-testing platform detects SARS-CoV-2 with the same level of sensitivity as PCR tests

Researchers analyze the genetic differentiation, diversity of Omicron variant during its early spread

Experts analyze the nature, prevalence, and severity of long-term symptoms related to COVID-19

Gut microbiota-derived metabolites offer protection against SARS-CoV-2

Study identifies broad-spectrum antibody that neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

scRNA-seq of SARS-CoV-2 infected lung organoids finds NFKB Inhibitor Alpha increased in infected cells

How does the flu vaccine affect the risk of contracting COVID-19?

Twitter scraping tool reveals an “infodemic” of misinformation during the first year of COVID pandemic

What is the severity of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variant infections in relation to BA.2 infections?

What is the viral rebound in untreated COVID-19 infections?

New easy-to-use test could rapidly diagnose heart attacks and cancers

Clinical and demographic inequalities in COVID-19-associated mortality

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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