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Cellular properties of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein RBD in virus-infected African green monkey kidney epithelial cells

Researchers from the Biological Defence Programme of Singapore have investigated six of these antibodies.

13 Dec 2021

SARS-CoV-2-specific T cell and antibody responses in healthcare workers that suffered from COVID-19 one year ago

Researchers have been investigating the immune response in previously infected healthcare workers after they receive these vaccines.

13 Dec 2021

Genetic-code expansion technique to potentially create next-generation vaccine candidate

A new experiment devised a novel method to manipulate virulent viruses in conventional laboratories and validated the prophylactic effect of this method in two mouse models.

13 Dec 2021

A method to eliminate mutants in the furin cleavage site of SARS-CoV-2 in Calu-3 cells

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12 Dec 2021

Nasal infection drives lethal lung injury due to SARS-CoV-2 in mice

A new study demonstrates lethal infection of the olfactory epithelium in a mouse model that could help understand the mechanisms of COVID-19.

12 Dec 2021

Proactive wins over reactive responses to COVID-19

A new study looks at how the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions can be quantified and assessed for robustness and resilience.

12 Dec 2021

An assessment of COVID-19 mortality risk using patient biomarker time series

A new study discusses the use of multiple biomarkers taken over the course of hospitalization in COVID-19 patients to determine the risk of mortality.

12 Dec 2021

Autonomous genome annotation of SARS-CoV-2 genes, proteins and domains

In a new research paper, a group of scientists from various institutions offers a semi-supervised custom pipeline for annotating all SARS-CoV-2 genes, proteins, and functional domains.

12 Dec 2021

Effectiveness of COVID-19 booster vaccination strategies in partially vaccinated populations

Study reveals that the most beneficial vaccination strategy is to distribute all available doses of COVID-19 vaccines predominantly for primary vaccinations and the remaining doses for boosters.

12 Dec 2021

Study demonstrates SARS-CoV-2 ORF6 localization and interferon antagonism as independent events

Researchers deploy mutagenesis studies to investigate the relationship between ORF6 localization and IFN antagonism.

12 Dec 2021

Efficacy of BNT162b2 vaccine booster in reducing mortality due to COVID-19

A recent observational study in Israel evaluates the efficacy of a Pfizer vaccine booster dose in reducing the mortality rate of COVID-19.

12 Dec 2021

Statistical model builds SARS-CoV-2 interactome with miRNAs, protein-coding genes, and co-infecting microbes

A team of researchers recently developed a statistical modeling method known as multiple-layer crosstalk (MLCrosstalk).

12 Dec 2021

Effect of mutations on SARS-CoV-2 E protein interactions with cell junctions

In a recent study, ten human PDZ-containing proteins showed significant interactions with the SARS-CoV-2 E protein in a PBM-dependent manner.

12 Dec 2021

Even if SARS-CoV-2 Omicron evades antibodies, immunity still exists

Researchers determined antibody-mediated neutralization efficacy against the authentic SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.

12 Dec 2021

A pandemic-scale phylogenetic analysis tool

Researchers develop a phylogenetic package that incorporated several pandemic-specific optimization and parallelization techniques.

12 Dec 2021

A new rapid and inexpensive PCR method to detect SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant

A new study reports a method using four PCR tests to distinguish infection with the Omicron variant from that caused by other variants.

12 Dec 2021

New tool to help map immune escape with SARS-CoV-2 mutations

A new study discusses a computational program that can be used to substitute for actual experimental evidence of the biologic impact of new mutations.

12 Dec 2021

UK Prime Minister and the NHS launch urgent appeal calling for people to get Covid jabs

The Prime Minister, together with the NHS, has today [Sunday 12 December] launched an urgent national appeal calling for people to get jabbed, as he outlined plans to significantly increase NHS vaccination capacity.

12 Dec 2021

Vaccinated, previously-infected people could have some "stronger than basic" defense against Omicron variant

Published today, one of the earliest, peer-reviewed studies looking into the Omicron variant of COVID-19 suggests that people previously infected with COVID, and those vaccinated, will have some, "stronger than basic" defense against this new strain of concern.

12 Dec 2021

Health experts recommend the increase in UK COVID-19 alert level from Level 3 to Level 4

Following advice from the UK Health Security Agency and in the light of the rapid increase in Omicron cases, the UK Chief Medical Officers and NHS England National Medical Director have recommended to ministers that the UK COVID-19 alert level should increase from Level 3 to Level 4.

12 Dec 2021

Disease/Infection News

Cellular properties of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein RBD in virus-infected African green monkey kidney epithelial cells

SARS-CoV-2-specific T cell and antibody responses in healthcare workers that suffered from COVID-19 one year ago

Genetic-code expansion technique to potentially create next-generation vaccine candidate

A method to eliminate mutants in the furin cleavage site of SARS-CoV-2 in Calu-3 cells

Nasal infection drives lethal lung injury due to SARS-CoV-2 in mice

Proactive wins over reactive responses to COVID-19

An assessment of COVID-19 mortality risk using patient biomarker time series

Autonomous genome annotation of SARS-CoV-2 genes, proteins and domains

Effectiveness of COVID-19 booster vaccination strategies in partially vaccinated populations

Study demonstrates SARS-CoV-2 ORF6 localization and interferon antagonism as independent events

Efficacy of BNT162b2 vaccine booster in reducing mortality due to COVID-19

Statistical model builds SARS-CoV-2 interactome with miRNAs, protein-coding genes, and co-infecting microbes

Effect of mutations on SARS-CoV-2 E protein interactions with cell junctions

Even if SARS-CoV-2 Omicron evades antibodies, immunity still exists

A pandemic-scale phylogenetic analysis tool

A new rapid and inexpensive PCR method to detect SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant

New tool to help map immune escape with SARS-CoV-2 mutations

UK Prime Minister and the NHS launch urgent appeal calling for people to get Covid jabs

Vaccinated, previously-infected people could have some "stronger than basic" defense against Omicron variant

Health experts recommend the increase in UK COVID-19 alert level from Level 3 to Level 4

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

How industrial hygiene flow calibration supports defensible exposure data

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