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XBB and BQ.1: what we know about these two omicron 'cousins'XBB is a hybrid of two omicron BA.2 lineages, BA.2.10.1 and BA.2.75. This makes XBB another grandchild of BA.2. XBB and BQ.1 are therefore ...13 Nov, 2022, 12.05 PM IST- New mutation AY.4.2 of Delta variant being monitored in EnglandOverall infection rates in Britain remain stubbornly high, despite high rates of vaccination, and on Monday nearly 50,000 new cases of Covi...19 Oct, 2021, 09.36 PM IST
- Many wondering why Covid vaccine boosters aren't tweaked to better match variantsThere's no guarantee that a delta-specific booster shot would protect any better.19 Oct, 2021, 07.45 PM IST
- Scientists unravel mystery behind Odisha's ‘black tigers'14 Sep, 2021, 06.40 PM IST
- 'Delta on steroids': What scientists say about next Covid variantThe world is in a very "dangerous period" of the Covid-19 pandemic compounded by more transmissible variants like Delta, which is continuin...07 Aug, 2021, 12.39 AM IST
- Johnson & Johnson requests emergency authorization for Covid vaccineJ&J subsidiary Janssen Biotech "has submitted an application to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requesting Emergency Use Authoriz...05 Feb, 2021, 08.54 AM IST
- A new COVID-19 challenge: Mutations rise along with casesThe coronavirus is becoming more genetically diverse, and health officials say the high rate of new cases is the main reason. Each new infe...19 Jan, 2021, 12.02 PM IST
- Here's what we do and don't know about new coronavirus mutationsOne mutation -- variant B117, which likely emerged in southeastern England in September, according to Imperial College London -- has now be...04 Jan, 2021, 10.22 PM IST
- Scientists trying to understand new virus variantWorry has been growing since before Christmas when Britain's prime minister said the coronavirus variant seemed to spread more easily than ...31 Dec, 2020, 11.30 AM IST
- How the novel coronavirus has evolved and adapted to human hostsMapping and understanding those changes to the virus is crucial to developing strategies to combat the COVID-19 disease it causes.10 Dec, 2020, 02.08 PM IST
- Reliance develops RT-PCR kit that can give COVID-19 results in 2 hoursThe sources said computational biologists at Reliance Life Sciences, a subsidiary of billionaire Mukesh Ambani-run Reliance Industries Ltd,...02 Oct, 2020, 03.48 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
- Highly sensitive blood test for cancer detection developedThe highly sensitive test requires only a fraction of a tube of blood and can detect as few as three mutation-bearing molecules in a single...14 Aug, 2017, 01.58 PM IST
- Gene causing arthritis possibly helped humans survive Ice AgeNew York, July 4 (IANS) A genetic change associated with shorter stature and increased risk of arthritis might have helped our ancestors su...04 Jul, 2017, 04.17 PM IST
- Now, a DNA-based blood test to detect skin cancerThe new blood tests, which take only 48 hours, are the first to identify melanoma DNA in blood.03 Apr, 2017, 05.16 PM IST
- Gene editing tool treats muscular dystrophy in adult mammalResearchers from Duke University in US used CRISPR to treat an adult mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.01 Jan, 2016, 01.20 PM IST
- Less than 10% of human DNA is functional: StudyOxford University researchers have found that only 8.2% of human DNA is likely to be doing something important - is "functional".26 Jul, 2014, 11.31 AM IST
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