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- UK’s first baby born with genes from three persons in new IVF method; Details hereMitochondrial donation treatment (MDT), a technique utilized in this process, involves using tissue from healthy female donors' eggs to gen...10 May, 2023, 05.59 PM IST
- Asymptomatic patients transmitting virus like a wildfire in IndiaThe threat of double and now a triple-mutant Indian strain, along with the deadly UK variant, are believed to be behind the latest surge ac...24 Apr, 2021, 12.07 PM IST
- 60% of Indian variant samples tested in labs found in MaharshtraAbout 59% samples of the newly identified and infectious Indian variant of SARS-CoV-2 called B.1.617 have been found in Maharashtra, althou...24 Apr, 2021, 10.09 AM IST
- 'Covaxin, Covishield both work against Covid's UK strain'Both Covaxin and Covishield — the two vaccines against Covid in use in India — are effective against the UK variant, which is one of the tw...13 Apr, 2021, 11.46 AM IST
- Regular booster vaccines are the future in battle with COVID-19 virus, top genome expert saysThe novel coronavirus, which has killed 2.65 million people globally since it emerged in China in late 2019, mutates around once every two ...15 Mar, 2021, 09.00 PM IST
- Regular booster vaccines are the future in battle with COVID-19 virus, says UK's top scientistThe novel coronavirus, which has killed 2.65 million people globally since it emerged in China in late 2019, mutates around once every two ...15 Mar, 2021, 02.15 PM IST
- Britain's coronavirus variant a concern, 'likely to sweep the world', says scientist"What's concerning about this is that the 1.1.7. variant that we have had circulating for some weeks and months is beginning to mutate agai...11 Feb, 2021, 03.16 PM IST
- Pfizer vaccine can neutralise coronavirus variants first reported in UK, SA: StudyAccording to the scientists, including those from the University of Texas in the US, these variants have a substitution of the amino acid b...09 Feb, 2021, 11.16 AM IST
- Covid strain that can ‘fool’ three antibodies found in Mumbai Metropolitan Region“This is one of three mutations (K417N, E484K and N501Y) seen in the South African lineage,” said Dr Nikhil Patkar, associate professor in ...10 Jan, 2021, 10.21 AM IST
- Pfizer vaccine appears effective against mutation in new coronavirus variants: StudyThe not-yet peer reviewed study by Pfizer and scientists from the University of Texas Medical Branch indicated the vaccine was effective in...08 Jan, 2021, 10.10 AM IST
- Efforts being made to study impact of vaccines, diagnostics on UK variant of virus: DBT secy Renu SwarupShe said the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Consortia (INSACOG), formed to ascertain the status of new variants of the virus through genome sequ...05 Jan, 2021, 10.13 PM IST
- New Covid-19 strain could have entered India prior to December, says AIIMS DirectorWhen asked if the Covid-19 mutation which has 70 per cent more infectious was present in India before it was officially reported in the cou...31 Dec, 2020, 09.43 AM IST
- Covaxin can work against mutated coronavirus: Bharat BiotechHe also said the company has approached regulatory authorities seeking approval for an emergency license to use the vaccine, developed in c...29 Dec, 2020, 07.26 PM IST
- Scientists say UK strain unlikely to affect efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, warn against more mutationsMore than 40 countries, including India, have banned travel to and from the UK, a move several scientists said was necessary in view of the...22 Dec, 2020, 06.45 PM IST
- BioNTech confident COVID-19 vaccine effective against new UK mutationCountries across the globe shut their borders to Britain on Monday due to fears about a highly infectious new coronavirus strain, causing t...22 Dec, 2020, 12.28 PM IST
- New coronavirus strain spreading in UK has key mutations: ScientistsBritish scientists are trying to establish whether the rapid spread in southern England of a new variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 ...15 Dec, 2020, 04.30 PM IST
- 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...26 May, 2020, 05.18 PM IST
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