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Would you choose becoming invisible to mosquitoes as your one superpower, if you had the chance?For the first time, scientists have used the gene-editing tool Crispr-Cas9 to render humans effectively invisible in the eyes of Aedes aegy...- Good news about coronavirus emerges even though double mutant variant found in the USAccording to US media, Stanford Health Care Spokesperson Lisa Kim said that the new variant has two mutations, including one found in the C...
- The SARS-COV-2 variants at play: All you need to knowAny changes in the viral genetic sequence during replication is known as a mutation and viruses with new mutations are sometimes known as v...
- COVID: UK variant dominates North India, double mutant Maharashtra, Gujarat, KarnatakaAddressing a press briefing on Wednesday, Sujeet Singh, Director of National Centre for Disease Control said the UK strain is dominating pa...
- Double mutant infecting more than UK variant nowWhile the incidence of the UK variant seemed to be declining, the double mutant variant B.1.617 - found in Maharashtra - could be a cause o...
- Third wave of Covid-19 will hit children in a big way: Virologist Dr V RaviRavi, who is also the member of Karnataka’s Covid technical advisory committee, stressed on the need to ramp up medical infrastructure to t...
- ‘Existing vaccines effective against new coronavirus variant’The Gupta Lab under the Cambridge Institute has been studying the evolution of SARS CoV 2, the virus that causes Covid-19, in patients in r...
- Tripura government sounds alert after three strains of COVID-19 are found in the stateImmediately after the receipt of the test results of outsiders by the state government, Tripura health secretary J K Sinha held a virtual m...
- Hyderabad scientists: ‘Double mutant’ virus split 3-wayCity scientists, who studied these new sub-lineages or mutants, however, say that more research is required to find out if they are more po...
- 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...
- Double and triple mutants of coronavirus one and the same; vaccines effective on it: ScientistThese variants harbour 15 lineage defining mutations. B.1.617, initially termed double mutant, has three new spike protein mutations. Two m...
- 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...
- Covaxin can neutralise double mutant variantPhase 3 clinical trials of Covaxin by Bharat Biotech International Ltd (BBIL) and ICMR have demonstrated 100% efficacy against severe Covid...
- Covaxin neutralises double mutant strain: ICMR"ICMR study shows Covaxin neutralises against multiple variants of SARS-CoV-2 and effectively neutralises the double mutant strain as well,...
- Some Chhattisgarh tribal districts see high positivity in this waveProviding routine healthcare services in tribal districts have always been a challenge, making the spread an alarming trend. On Wednesday, ...
- Coronavirus: What makes India's double mutant COVID variant, B.1.617 so concerning?Is the double mutant virus, much like the Kent or Brazilian COVID variant, the sole reason for the rise in cases? Does it also bring forth ...
- UK variant found in Punjab a potential threat: CSIR-CCMB DirectorWhen asked why the UK variant has not been found majorly in cases in the neighbouring states of Himanchal Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi, Mishr...
- Covishield or Covaxin: Mutant strains in some West Bengal patients raise concerns over vaccine efficacyWhile some argued that the mutated strains may not be resisted by vaccines, others pointed out that both Covishield and Covaxin were design...
- No proof COVID second wave due to virus variants, but it is possible: Virologist Shahid JameelVirologist Shahid Jameel, who has won the coveted Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, said the rollout of vaccines has caused a false sense of s...
- New double mutant Corona variant, several 'variants of concern' found in India: Govt"Though VOCs and a new double mutant variant have been found in India, these have not been detected in numbers sufficient to either establi...
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