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Covaxin's 3rd booster shot shows positive responsesThe study titled-Persistence of immunity and impact of a third (booster) dose of an inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, BBV152; a phase 2, doub...09 Jan, 2022, 07.26 AM IST- Pfizer Covid vaccine provides partial protection against Omicron: StudyThe Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine provides less immunity against Omicron than from other coronavirus variants, according to a lab study that sugg...08 Dec, 2021, 01.05 PM IST
- P681R mutation in Delta key to severity, say new studiesThe P681R mutation, which is said to drive syncytium formation - fusing of infected lung cells - associated with severe forms of SARS-COV-2...21 Jul, 2021, 11.29 PM IST
- Antibodies fall against Delta, may require booster: ExpertsThe ICMR study has indicated a 4.5-fold and 3.2-fold reduction in neutralising antibody levels against the Delta variant in those who were ...07 Jul, 2021, 10.27 AM IST
- Vietnam detects hybrid of Indian and UK COVID-19 variantAfter successfully containing the coronavirus for most of last year, Vietnam is now battling an outbreak that is spreading more quickly.29 May, 2021, 10.47 AM IST
- Second coronavirus lineage found in India with immune escape mutation, scientists sayThe new lineage called B.1.618 is distinct from the B.1.617, also known as the ‘double mutant' virus that contains two mutations, E484Q and...22 Apr, 2021, 05.54 PM IST
- Faster spread of some coronavirus variants could be due to sturdier protein, say scientistsResearchers, including those from the Boston Children's Hospital in the US assessed the structure of the coronavirus spike protein down to ...21 Mar, 2021, 03.40 PM IST
- India host to 7,569 coronavirus mutants, shows studyThe novel coronavirus is perhaps the first infectious organism in recent times to form thousands of its variants across the globe. In India...20 Feb, 2021, 04.34 PM IST
- Mutation in spike protein dominant form of Covid, eight times more infectiousThe study confirms findings that D614G, one of the mutations, makes the virus more transmissible.18 Feb, 2021, 05.12 PM IST
- Deficiency of a particular protein behind corona’s slow Asia spread: StudyA team of scientists from the National Institute of Biomedical Genomics in Kalyani, West Bengal, have found a biological reason for the slo...09 Feb, 2021, 11.17 AM IST
- How the novel coronavirus has evolved and adapted to human hostsMapping and understanding those changes to the virus is crucial to developing strategies to combat the COVID-19 disease it causes.10 Dec, 2020, 02.08 PM IST
- Novel coronavirus can undergo mutations that may make it more deadly & contagious, says studyThe spike protein is also continuing to accumulate additional mutations.02 Nov, 2020, 06.18 PM IST
- COVID-19: Research on Mumbai doctors find reinfected patients have worse infectionReinfection of Covid-19 has been confirmed using whole genome sequencing in four healthcare workers from Mumbai. All four have a more sever...23 Sep, 2020, 08.58 AM IST
- Malaysia detects new coronavirus strain that is ten times more infectiousThe mutation has become the predominant variant in Europe and the U.S., with the World Health Organization saying there’s no evidence the s...19 Aug, 2020, 09.13 AM IST
- More infectious coronavirus mutation may be 'a good thing', says disease expertAn increasingly common mutation of the novel coronavirus found in Europe, North America and parts of Asia may be more infectious but appear...18 Aug, 2020, 09.51 AM IST
- New, more infectious strain of coronavirus now dominates global cases: StudyAccording to the research, published in the journal Cell, a variant of the novel coronavirus, named 'D614G', is more infectious in cell cul...03 Jul, 2020, 11.44 AM IST
- Companies like Toyota, General Motors and others spent over $1 billion on R&D: Zinnov ReportAccording to Zinnov’s latest report on R&D spending, these corporates spent about $472 billion collectively on R&D.13 Aug, 2015, 05.51 AM IST
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