New Delhi: Genotyping technique can detect new variants of SARS-CoV-2 almost a week more quickly than traditional methods, according to a study published in The Lancet Microbe journal. Genotyping is the process of determining differences in the genetic make-up (genotype) of an individual by examining the individual’s DNA sequence using biological assays and comparing it … Read more
Chennai: Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) have developed an online open-source database called ‘Ab-CoV’ containing detailed information about all COVID-related antibodies identified so far, including the source of each antibody, and the viral protein(s) and virus strains they recognise. ‘Ab-CoV’ includes 1,780 coronavirus-related antibodies including 211 nanobodies, and contains more … Read more
San Diego: A method for finding high-affinity antibody therapeutics that is based on artificial intelligence (AI) has been created by researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine. In the findings of the study published in Nature Communications, researchers used the approach to identify a new antibody that binds a major cancer … Read more
New Delhi: The novel Sars-Cov-2 continues evolving to more critical and infectious variants. Health experts in India have advised against letting the guard down on the fight against the pandemic in the face of the new variant that is anticipated to spread faster through the market places and the festival times. As certain variants possess … Read more
June 30, 2022 – Ask the sibling of any celebrity and they’ll tell you they don’t get anywhere near the same attention. The same is true for coronaviruses – the one that causes COVID-19 has been in the spotlight for more than 2 years now, while the others at the moment circulate in relative obscurity. … Read more
Amid a monkeypox outbreak in several countries, researchers here have said that the possibility of the disease becoming a pandemic is low, and that the virus can be contained by strong surveillance, isolation of confirmed cases, contact tracing, and ‘off-label use’ of smallpox vaccines for ‘ring vaccination’.The group of public health and infectious diseases researchers … Read more
Health trackers worn on the wrist can help detect COVID-19 days before the first tell-tale signs of the viral disease appear, according to a study. Researchers noted that a growing number of people globally use health trackers to monitor changes in skin temperature, heart and breathing rates. The latest study, published in the journal BMJ … Read more
Researchers have decoded why people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are at higher risk of developing severe COVID-19, an advance that could lead to the development of new therapeutic interventions to reduce the infection in patients with the lung condition. The researchers from the Centenary Institute and the University of Technology Sydney in Australia … Read more
Trained sniffer dogs can accurately detect airport passengers infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a study published in the journal BMJ Global Health. This method of detection is likely to be valuable, not only in the early stages of a pandemic when other resources might not yet be available, but also … Read more
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