A team of researchers from The University of Texas, Austin, has identified an antibody, ‘SC27’, that could potentially counteract all known variants of the virus causing COVID-19, as well as distantly related coronaviruses that infect animals. This finding marks a significant advancement in the ongoing efforts to manage the COVID-19 pandemic. Antibody ‘SC27’ Shows Promise … Read more
Scientists in the US have developed a rapid COVID-19 test that can accurately detect all current variants of SARS-CoV-2 within hours. The test, CoVarScan, detects the signatures of eight hotspots on the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.The researchers at the University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center in the US tested CoVarScan on samples collected … Read more
THURSDAY, Nov. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The discovery that up to 80% of white-tailed deer in Iowa may be infected with COVID-19 has scientists worried that the animals could become a reservoir for variants that could come back to haunt humans. In the new study, samples were collected lymph node samples from hundreds … Read more
Double infections also do not affect the patient’s condition, even if the variants are different. (Picture courtesy: IE) A Belgian nonagenarian has been revealed as the first documented case of a person infected with two different SARS-CoV-2 variants at the same time. The 90-year-old woman was carrying both the Alpha variant, first detected in the … Read more
Proving the rapid mutation among the virus, the study found four unique mutations of Covid-19 namely- N801:C480R, NSP14:C279F and NSP3:L550del- which have not been reported from any part of the world. (Representative image) In a significant finding that can predict the spread of newer variants of Coronavirus, a team of scientists in Pune has traced … Read more
Another variant B 1.1.7 which is known as the UK variant is also circulating in large numbers in the Northern states of the country and fuelling the surge. The second Coronavirus wave has taken the country by surprise with its rapid spread in almost all parts of the country. While lack of Covid-19 appropriate behaviour … Read more