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Annual or biannual boosters greatly reduce the long-term risk of infection from endemic COVID-19

While COVID-19 boosters have been found to protect against infection, hospitalization, and severe illness, the waning of their protection has led to uncertainty about when it is most appropriate to get an additional booster shot.

11 Jan 2023

Clinical and genomic signatures of monkeypox outbreaks in 2022

Announcing a new article publication for Zoonoses journal. The monkeypox outbreaks started in 2022 and became an unexpected public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).

11 Jan 2023

Antivenom could prevent the appearance of necrotic skin lesion after brown recluse spider bites

One of the most dreaded effects of the bite of the brown recluse spider (Loxosceles spp) is the appearance of a necrotic skin lesion, but a clinical study by Brazilian researchers recently reported in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases shows that the problem can be solved by administering antivenom, especially if this is done within 48 hours of the incident.

11 Jan 2023

The main source of editing of the mpox virus genome during the 2022 outbreak

Researchers investigated the main source of editing of the 2022 mpox virus genome.

11 Jan 2023

Genomic analysis of mpox virus genomes reveal multiple lineages with human-to-human transmissibility

Researchers from Nigeria and the United Kingdom (U.K.) analyzed mpox virus genomes and found that divergent lineages of the mpox virus exhibiting human-to-human transmission existed in the Nigerian population before the 2022 spread of the virus outside of the endemic regions.

10 Jan 2023

Wellcome Sanger Institute launches new initiative to better understand respiratory viruses

A new initiative to better understand respiratory viruses has been launched today (10 January 2023) by the Wellcome Sanger Institute.

10 Jan 2023

Deletions in the antigenic regions in SARS-CoV-2 increase transmission and immune evasion ability

A recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports examined the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) whole genome data to determine the deletion mutations around the spike protein region associated with increased transmission of the virus and identified an increase in the deletion-prone spike protein regions indicating an evolution strategy for immune escape.

9 Jan 2023

Research explores whether the eye influenced the development of language

Eyes provide us with most information about the surrounding world. Yet, the eye, especially that of a human, enables not only to receive stimuli but also to transfer this information outside.

9 Jan 2023

Pan-vaccine antigen strategy confers protection against cross-clade SARS-CoV-2 variants, including vaccine-resistant Omicron variants

Researchers developed a novel pan-vaccine antigen (Span)-based subunit vaccine against COVID-19.

6 Jan 2023

Study shows XBB.1.5 exhibits a substantially higher hACE2-binding affinity compared to BQ.1.1 and XBB/XBB.1

Researchers investigated the reasons for the rapid advent of SARS-CoV-2 XBB.1.5, a sublineage of the Omicron recombinant mutant XBB in the USA.

6 Jan 2023

Study details the “immunometabolic editing” mechanism of tumor evolution

A Ludwig Cancer Research study has discovered that the immune system's surveillance of cancer can itself induce metabolic adaptations in the cells of early-stage tumors that simultaneously promote their growth and equip them to suppress lethal immune responses.

5 Jan 2023

Comparison of genetic codes reveals how humans and other mammals lost their hair

Orangutans, mice, and horses are covered with it, but humans aren't. Why we have significantly less body hair than most other mammals has long remained a mystery.

5 Jan 2023

Seroprevalence study demonstrates vaccination could boost impaired humoral immunity against Omicron BQ.1.1 subvariant

Researchers conducted a multicenter, cross-sectional seroprevalence study in emergency departments of five hospitals in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, between August and September 2022. They assessed point seroprevalence and neutralization activity against Wu01, BA.4/5, and BQ.1.1.

5 Jan 2023

Evolution News and Research

Annual or biannual boosters greatly reduce the long-term risk of infection from endemic COVID-19

Clinical and genomic signatures of monkeypox outbreaks in 2022

Antivenom could prevent the appearance of necrotic skin lesion after brown recluse spider bites

The main source of editing of the mpox virus genome during the 2022 outbreak

Genomic analysis of mpox virus genomes reveal multiple lineages with human-to-human transmissibility

Wellcome Sanger Institute launches new initiative to better understand respiratory viruses

Deletions in the antigenic regions in SARS-CoV-2 increase transmission and immune evasion ability

Research explores whether the eye influenced the development of language

Pan-vaccine antigen strategy confers protection against cross-clade SARS-CoV-2 variants, including vaccine-resistant Omicron variants

Study shows XBB.1.5 exhibits a substantially higher hACE2-binding affinity compared to BQ.1.1 and XBB/XBB.1

Study details the “immunometabolic editing” mechanism of tumor evolution

Comparison of genetic codes reveals how humans and other mammals lost their hair

Seroprevalence study demonstrates vaccination could boost impaired humoral immunity against Omicron BQ.1.1 subvariant

Evolutionary advantage of jumping genes in a fungus discovered

Distinct genomic patterns of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors may help with early diagnosis

Physical activity inhibits the production of insulin

Zebrafish can provide genetic clues to the evolution of social behaviors in humans, domesticated species

Enzyme that defends human cells against viruses may be a potential target for future cancer treatments

A genome-based comparison of SARS-CoV-2 XBB recombinant and its parental lineage

Virus-only diet can fuel the physiological and population growth of an organism

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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