New Covid vaccine developed by USA researchers is ready to fight Coronavirus. How effective it is?New Coronavirus vaccine is here and US researchers have developed a new type which will fight Covid.
IIT Guwahati researchers discover RNA-destroying function of p30 protein in African swine fever virusResearchers at IIT Guwahati studied the biochemistry of the ASFV protein p30, revealing its role in virus attachment and evasion of immune ...
CEPI to fund Gennova's self amplifying mRNA vaccine against Disease XThe Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and Gennova Biopharmaceuticals have announced a new funding agreement to develop...
Long COVID could be caused by the virus lingering in the body. Here's what the science saysLong COVID refers to symptoms that persist for more than 12 weeks after a COVID-19 infection, encompassing up to 200 different symptoms. Ev...
Enhanced recombination: A shot in the arm for SARS-CoV-2The team analysed genomic sequences of all the viral strains that appeared between November 2019 and July 2022 in various databases worldwi...
The West Nile Virus: What it is and here is what you should knowInfected mosquitoes of the Culex species transmit the West Nile Virus. Symptoms among those infected include fever and headaches, while chr...
Over 5,500 new viruses identified in the ocean, including a missing evolutionary linkRNA viruses are best known for the diseases they cause in people, ranging from the common cold to Covid-19.
Scientists develop molecule that blocks COVID-19 infectionScientists have developed a new molecule that attaches to the surface of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and prevents it from entering human cells and...
Sanofi drops plans for messenger RNA vaccine against virusThe Paris-based company said it will continue to develop another vaccine candidate that is already undergoing late stage human trials. That...
New DNA vaccine for COVID-19 effective in mice, hamsters: StudySome currently available COVID-19 vaccines rely on messenger RNA or mRNA strands to teach the human immune system to recognise the SARS-CoV...
Genetic code that may help coronavirus survive identified: ResearchersIn the study, published in the journal Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, researchers used a new tool to determine what c...
Novel coronavirus mutations may not make it more infectious: StudyCoronaviruses, like other RNA viruses, can develop mutations in three different ways: by mistake from copying errors during viral replicati...
Chinese scientists discover 1,445 new virusesThe research was led by a team of scientists at the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with the findings published on...
Zika virus unlikely to infect same person twice, says new studyThe findings also show that Zika virus is present in the blood very early during infection and remains in some tissues for a long time.
New study points to potential Ebola drug targetInterfering with the replication of the Ebola virus can stop it in its tracks, opening the door to potential treatments for the deadly dise...
How to stop common cold, HIV virus in their tracks foundScientists have cracked the code used by a major group of viruses to spread infections such as the common cold, HIV, hepatitis C and polio ...
New 'drug' blocks replication of AIDS virus for first timeThis achievement has been obtained for the "first time in the world" by a group of researcher led by Jose Gallego from Universidad Catolica...