Research finds exposure to harmless coronaviruses increases immunity"People who have had strong immune responses to other human coronaviruses also have some protection against SARSCoV-2 infection," said Alex...
23 Nov, 2021, 06.42 PM IST
Novel antibody reduces severity of COVID-19 infection: StudyThe researchers identified over 1,700 antibodies, which the immune system produces to bind at specific sites on specific viruses to block t...
03 Nov, 2021, 12.45 PM IST
COVID-19 vaccines may protect against other coronaviruses: StudyThe researchers found that mice immunised with a SARS-CoV-1 vaccine developed in 2004 generated immune responses that protected them from i...
19 Oct, 2021, 01.22 PM IST
New universal coronavirus vaccine may help prevent future pandemicsScientists produced a universal vaccination that protected mice against COVID-19 and other coronaviruses while simultaneously priming the i...
23 Jun, 2021, 02.21 PM IST
New vaccine blocks novel coronavirus, variants in animal studyThe pan-coronavirus vaccine triggers neutralising antibodies via a nanoparticle composed of the coronavirus part. This part allows the vacc...
11 May, 2021, 04.11 PM IST
How lung temperature influences coronavirus replication decodedNatural temperature differences which exist in the upper and lower respiratory tract influence the replication of the novel coronavirus and...
01 Apr, 2021, 01.49 PM IST
COVID-19 triggers antibodies from previous coronavirus infections, says study"Our results suggest that the COVID-19 virus may awaken an antibody response that existed in humans prior to our current pandemic, meaning ...
23 Jan, 2021, 11.24 AM IST
In the future, scientists feel Covid will resemble the common cold-causing virusHow fast this shift comes will depend on how fast the virus spreads.
13 Jan, 2021, 05.10 PM IST
Novel coronavirus infections may have been present in US as early as December: StudyWhile the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the US was identified on January 19, 2020, the scientists, including Sridhar V Basavaraju fro...
02 Dec, 2020, 11.59 AM IST
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...
03 Jun, 2020, 03.48 PM IST
How coronavirus jumped from animals to humans decodedThis jump from species-to-species was the result of the ability of the virus to bind to host cells, a study shows.
30 May, 2020, 06.35 PM IST
'How coronavirus enters cells decoded, may help develop new drugs'According to the researchers, including those from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the US, understanding how the novel coronavir...
27 May, 2020, 05.43 PM IST
Did the novel coronavirus originate in a lab? Close relative of SARS-CoV-2 suggests it evolved naturally, says studyBats are the most likely natural hosts for the virus.
12 May, 2020, 05.09 PM IST
Coronavirus a product of natural evolution, not lab made: StudyThe analysis of public genome sequence data from SARS-CoV-2 and related viruses found no evidence that the virus was made in a laboratory o...
19 Mar, 2020, 09.17 AM IST
Children are less severely affected by coronavirus compared to adults: StudyThe review, published in the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, noted that the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, seems to cause fewer sympt...
14 Mar, 2020, 04.52 PM IST
Coronavirus in China may have come from bats: StudiesThe coronavirus outbreak, which originated in the central Hubei province of China in December, has killed 361 with 57 deaths reported on Su...
03 Feb, 2020, 08.54 PM IST
Researchers discover SARS virus components, cure may be afootThis insight is critical for a full understanding of any outbreaks caused by SARS viruses and may prove beneficial in the development of th...
23 Aug, 2013, 02.06 PM IST