Indian-origin scientist among UBC researchers unveil world's 1st molecular-level analysis of OmicronDr Sriram Subramaniam, professor in UBC faculty of medicine's department of biochemistry and molecular biology, said that Omicron has great...
22 Jan, 2022, 05.45 PM IST
Computer model predicts Omicron may evolve to increase transmission, immune escapeThe scientists from Boston College in the US developed a computer model that can predict mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and provide ins...
06 Jan, 2022, 12.31 PM IST
Scientists identify antibodies that can block Omicron variantScientists have identified antibodies that neutralise Omicron and other variants of coronavirus by targeting areas that remain essentially ...
30 Dec, 2021, 09.55 AM IST
New data shows GSK-Vir drug works against all Omicron mutationsThe data, yet to be published in a peer-reviewed medical journal, shows that the companies' treatment, sotrovimab, is effective against all...
07 Dec, 2021, 10.34 PM IST
Covaxin may provide better defence against Omicron: Top health expertK Srinath Reddy called for laboratory and clinical tests to understand how the Omicron variant, which has the highest spike protein mutatio...
03 Dec, 2021, 07.38 PM IST
New Covid variant could be more infectious, finds studyThe new variant was first found in South Africa in May, scientists from National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) and the KwaZulu...
30 Aug, 2021, 07.04 PM IST
Covid antibody that protects against broad range of variants identifiedThe new antibody attaches to a part of the virus that differs little across the variants, meaning that it is unlikely for resistance to ari...
23 Aug, 2021, 12.41 PM IST
View: Delta+ calls for caution, not panic. Viruses mutate, but its spike protein & antigens are being pounded by vaccinesDesignation of the newly emerged Delta-plus as a “variant of concern” has triggered a debate on implications for viral transmission and vac...
25 Jun, 2021, 12.38 PM IST
Delta variant's ability to evade antibodies could be the cause of some Covid reinfectionsA paper published by a group of researchers at Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre currently being peer-reviewed, claims that the changes...
19 Jun, 2021, 03.53 PM IST
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...
27 Mar, 2021, 03.42 PM IST
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...
26 Mar, 2021, 12.37 PM IST
Faster spread of some coronavirus variants could be due to sturdier protein, say scientistsResearchers, including those from the Boston Children's Hospital in the US assessed the structure of the coronavirus spike protein down to ...
21 Mar, 2021, 03.40 PM IST
Novel method to predict emergence of worrisome coronavirus variantsThe study posted in the platform bioRxiv, and yet-to-be peer-reviewed, assessed 3,11,795 genome sequences of the coronavirus spike protein ...
26 Feb, 2021, 04.31 PM IST
Mutation in spike protein dominant form of Covid, eight times more infectiousThe study confirms findings that D614G, one of the mutations, makes the virus more transmissible.
18 Feb, 2021, 05.12 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
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
Mutation in virus may hamper vaccine progressA study published in a medical journal has revealed that SARS-CoV-2, which causes Covid-19, has undergone multiple mutations in its "spike ...
02 Sep, 2020, 11.05 AM IST