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The latest infectious diseases news from News Medical |
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 | | |  SARS-CoV-2 Spike Variant B.1.1.7 Available
Sino Biological has developed recombinant spike RBD mutant N501Y of new SARS-CoV-2 Variant B.1.1.7 occurred in U.K. to support evaluating the efficacy of the antibodies and vaccination.
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| | | | |  Researchers examine how COVID-19 face masks can be made more effective Face masks are helpful in preventing the spread of COVID-19, but researchers believe they can be made even more effective, something that has implications far beyond the current pandemic as masks could become a more commonly used public health intervention. | |  | | | | |  Considerable COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy in UK may affect herd immunity, study finds Scientists from the Imperial College London and the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, UK, have conducted a cross-sectional, questionnaire-based survey to evaluate the public’s willingness to receive coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination and their attitude toward prioritization. | | | | | | |  New discovery helps explain how COVID-19 suppresses the body’s immune response Seeking to understand why COVID-19 is able to suppress the body's immune response, new research from the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology suggests that mitochondria are one of the first lines of defense against COVID-19 and identifies key differences in how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, interacts with mitochondrial genes when compared to other viruses. | | | | | | |  Neutrophils may play a key role in COVID-19-related thrombosis A team of researchers in Italy have published a study suggesting that rather than platelets, neutrophils could be playing the lead role in thrombotic complications associated with COVID-19. | |
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