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Scientists find how Omicron sub variants escape immune system, spread rapidly

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Scientists find how Omicron sub variants escape immune system, spread rapidly

Scientists in the US have found the mechanism which the BA.1 and BA.2 Omicron sub variants use to escape antibodies and spread rapidly, an advance that could lead to new therapeutic targets and help update COVID-19 vaccine formulations. The researchers found that the two dominant sub lineages of Omicron have unprecedented numbers of spike protein … Read more

COVID-19 Omicron variant: What we know about the 53 mutations of the virus

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What sets Omicron apart from the previous strains of the novel coronavirus is the fact that while other variants had about one or two dozen mutations, the Omicron variant was found by scientists to have a whopping 53 mutations. Omicron variant mutation: Nearly two years after the pandemic first hit the country, India acknowledged at … Read more