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Exploring definitions related to COVID-19 infection and deaths

Researchers assessed the definitions and reports of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related deaths.

4 May 2022

Evaluating immune protection after third and fourth doses of homologous and heterologous SARS-CoV-2 vaccines among kidney transplant recipients

Researchers evaluated the immune responses after the third and fourth doses of homologous and heterologous mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 in kidney transplant recipients.

4 May 2022

Study suggests SARS-CoV-2 Omicron is as deadly as past variants

A recent article under review at the Nature Portfolio journal and currently posted to the Research Square* preprint server compared the severity of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant with prior mutants.

4 May 2022

Pets living in households with COVID-19 are high likely to seroconvert and become ill

In a recent study published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, researchers investigated whether pet dogs and cats in the households of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-infected humans were at risk of infection.

3 May 2022

How a COVID support team mitigated SARS-CoV-2 transmission within a university community

Researchers demonstrated how a campus coronavirus disease support team [CCST] efficiently mitigated potential COVID 2019 (COVID-19) outbreaks within the school of public health (SPH) of the mid-Atlantic university in the United States (US).

3 May 2022

SARS-CoV-2 inhibition mediated by cellular nucleic acid-binding protein

A recent study under review at Nature Portfolio and posted to the Research Square* preprint server depicted how cellular nucleic acid-binding protein (CNBP) inhibits severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

3 May 2022

Study explores which occupations had the greatest risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and how relative differences varied over the pandemic

Researchers investigated occupations at the highest risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection.

3 May 2022

Effectiveness of ChAdOx1-S COVID-19 booster vaccine

Researchers assessed the effectiveness of ChAdOx1-S COVID-19 booster vaccination.

3 May 2022

Long COVID is characterized SARS-CoV-2 antigen persistence in the gut mucosa

A new study published in the journal Gastroenterology used upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy to assess whether gut antigen persistence leads to post-acute COVID-19 in patients with or without post-acute COVID-19 symptoms.

3 May 2022

Prior SARS-CoV-2 infection provides substantial and sustained protection from Omicron hospitalization

A population-level study conducted on residents of the Quebec province, Canada, has demonstrated that prior infection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) induces robust and long-lasting protection against omicron re-infection and hospitalization. The level of protection further increases with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination.

3 May 2022

New method increases efficiency of gene editing while minimizing DNA deletion sizes

Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) scientists working on CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing technology have developed a method to increase efficiency of editing while minimizing DNA deletion sizes, a key step toward developing gene editing therapies to treat genetic diseases.

2 May 2022

Novel wearable sensor can detect two key biomarkers of infection in sweat

University of Texas at Dallas bioengineers in collaboration with EnLiSense LLC have designed a wearable sensor that can detect two key biomarkers of infection in human sweat, a significant step toward making it possible for users to receive early warnings of infections such as COVID-19 and influenza.

2 May 2022

Polymerase News and Research

Exploring definitions related to COVID-19 infection and deaths

Evaluating immune protection after third and fourth doses of homologous and heterologous SARS-CoV-2 vaccines among kidney transplant recipients

Study suggests SARS-CoV-2 Omicron is as deadly as past variants

Pets living in households with COVID-19 are high likely to seroconvert and become ill

How a COVID support team mitigated SARS-CoV-2 transmission within a university community

SARS-CoV-2 inhibition mediated by cellular nucleic acid-binding protein

Study explores which occupations had the greatest risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and how relative differences varied over the pandemic

Effectiveness of ChAdOx1-S COVID-19 booster vaccine

Long COVID is characterized SARS-CoV-2 antigen persistence in the gut mucosa

Prior SARS-CoV-2 infection provides substantial and sustained protection from Omicron hospitalization

New method increases efficiency of gene editing while minimizing DNA deletion sizes

Novel wearable sensor can detect two key biomarkers of infection in sweat

Tracking BA.2.12.1 🦠 by partial ORF1ab gene 🧬 target failure (pOGTF)

Estimating COVID-19 case prevalence in New York City

Neutralizing antibodies produced following COVID-19 BNT162b2 vaccine found to activate complement cascade

SARS-CoV-2 viral shedding varies widely in asymptomatic and mildly ill patients

Probenecid shows activity against respiratory syncytial virus

Poor asthma control triggered by SARS-CoV-2

Study evaluates hybridization probe capture for enriching coronavirus genomic material in bat oral and rectal swabs

Clinical characteristics of immunocompromised patients infected with the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

Advancing Intracellular Delivery with LumiPore®

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