Anti-Covid drugs potent against Omicron, antibody therapies less effective: StudyThe lab tests also showed that some antibodies have entirely lost their ability to neutralise Omicron at realistic dosages. "The bottom lin...
27 Jan, 2022, 01.25 PM IST
Immune response induced by Omicron effectively neutralise Delta variant: ICMR studyIt suggests that the immune response induced by the Omicron could effectively neutralise the Delta variant, making the re-infection with De...
26 Jan, 2022, 03.57 PM IST
USFDA revokes emergency use status to two Covid antibody therapies"Because data show these treatments are highly unlikely to be active against the omicron variant, which is circulating at a very high frequ...
25 Jan, 2022, 11.54 AM IST
Will an Omicron-specific vaccine help control COVID? There's one key problemA vaccine targeting Omicron will increase immunity to the variant on both an individual and population level.
25 Jan, 2022, 10.44 AM IST
Indian-origin scientist among UBC researchers unveil world's 1st molecular-level analysis of OmicronDr Sriram Subramaniam, professor in UBC faculty of medicine's department of biochemistry and molecular biology, said that Omicron has great...
22 Jan, 2022, 05.45 PM IST
Covid vaccine booster provides effective antibody protection against Omicron: Lancet studyA third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine increases the level of antibodies that can effectively neutralise the Omicron variant of coronavirus, ...
20 Jan, 2022, 12.50 PM IST
Omicron wave may cut future severity of COVID-19 disease, says new studyThe researchers from Africa Health Research Institute observed in samples from 23 people infected with Omicron in November and December tha...
19 Jan, 2022, 04.36 PM IST
Computer model predicts Omicron may evolve to increase transmission, immune escapeThe scientists from Boston College in the US developed a computer model that can predict mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and provide ins...
06 Jan, 2022, 12.31 PM IST
Omicron variant resistant to antibodies, two vaccine doses: StudyHowever, the study found that a third dose of the Pfizer vaccine, and mixing Pfizer and AstraZeneca preventives may protect well against th...
31 Dec, 2021, 02.33 PM IST
Omicron antibodies could provide immunity against Delta Covid variant: StudyThe variant has been shown to be highly transmissible and have extensive evasion of neutralising antibody immunity elicited by vaccination ...
30 Dec, 2021, 03.43 PM IST
Scientists identify antibodies that can block Omicron variantScientists have identified antibodies that neutralise Omicron and other variants of coronavirus by targeting areas that remain essentially ...
30 Dec, 2021, 09.55 AM IST
Omicron can evade protection offered by Covid vaccines, antibody therapies: StudyThe researchers from Columbia University in the US and the University of Hong Kong noted that a striking feature of Omicron is the alarming...
24 Dec, 2021, 12.38 PM IST
J&J, Sinopharm, Sputnik V COVID-19 shots less effective against Omicron -studyVaccines from Moderna, AstraZeneca, Pfizer and partner BioNTech retained activity against Omicron, but the antibody response was greatly re...
18 Dec, 2021, 07.57 AM IST
USFDA study shows Evusheld retains neutralising activity against Omicron: AstraZenecaEvusheld is the first long-acting antibody to receive emergency use authorisation in the US for pre-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19, in ad...
17 Dec, 2021, 03.32 PM IST
Figuring out omicron - here's what scientists are doing right now to understand the new coronavirus variantHow effective are the antibodies people already have at fighting off omicron? If you got the booster shot, are you protected? Or if you had...
10 Dec, 2021, 11.02 AM IST
BioNTech, Pfizer say test shows 3 doses of vaccine neutralise OmicronBioNTech and Pfizer said on Wednesday a three-shot course of their COVID-19 vaccine was shown to generate a neutralising effect against the...
08 Dec, 2021, 05.39 PM IST
Soon, we'll know whether vaccines are effective against Omicron variantThe ICMR-National Institute of Virlogiy have received samples of the Mumbai man infected with Omicron variant and research is underway to a...
06 Dec, 2021, 02.23 PM IST