Covid variants still transmissible between species: StudyThe findings, published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, show how the viral spike proteins in several SARS-CoV-2 variants interac...
05 Dec, 2022, 01.40 PM IST
IISc scientists develop miniproteins that may prevent COVID infectionResearchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore have designed a new class of artificial peptides or miniproteins that they ...
06 Jun, 2022, 04.10 PM IST
IISc researchers provide alternative mechanism to render viruses like SARS-CoV-2 inactiveA protein-protein interaction is often like that of a lock and a key, the Bengaluru-based IISc noted in a statement. This interaction can b...
06 Jun, 2022, 01.56 PM IST
Covid infected people may have different variants hidden in several body parts: StudyThe study, published in the journal Nature Communications, demonstrates how the virus can evolve distinctly in different cell types, and ad...
02 Mar, 2022, 03.20 PM IST
Researchers find new antibody that can help block Covid transmission in cellsThis approach can prove to be effective against emerging Covid variants.
15 Feb, 2022, 09.08 AM IST
Triple vaccinated can fight Omicron variant efficiently: StudyPeople who are triple-vaccinated against COVID-19 develop a high-quality antibody response which can neutralise the Omicron variant efficie...
04 Feb, 2022, 04.32 PM IST
Study finds a longer lasting COVID vaccineThe findings suggested that a component of this protein, called viral polymerase, could potentially be added to COVID-19 vaccines to create...
15 Dec, 2021, 08.41 PM IST
Scientists developing chewing gum that could reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmissionIncubating samples obtained from nasopharyngeal swabs from Covid-positive patients with the gum, they showed that the ACE2 present could ne...
04 Dec, 2021, 06.16 PM IST
Viral infections can hurt your brain, cause diseases like Alzheimer's & Parkinson'sTransmission of protein aggregates could involve direct cell-to-cell contact, the study found.
23 Oct, 2021, 06.00 PM IST
Viral infections may promote Alzheimer's like diseases: StudyThe team led by researchers at the University of Bonn in Germany noted that aggregates of misfolded proteins, which occur in so-called prio...
20 Oct, 2021, 03.49 PM IST
Recipe for even more powerful COVID-19 vaccines foundThe researchers deel developing vaccines to activate the other arm of the immune system -- the T cells -- could dramatically increase immun...
06 Jul, 2021, 12.52 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
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
Mynvax, IIsc-incubated startup looks at Covid-19 vaccine in 18 monthsThe startup, incubated at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, also said it was critical to build capability to produce the vaccine ...
27 May, 2020, 01.03 PM IST
Cocktail of antibodies may block coronavirus infection, shows studyThe study, published in the journal Nature, noted that antibodies, produced by the immune system of recovered people, can neutralise the vi...
18 May, 2020, 05.44 PM IST
New molecule design prompts HIV to kill itself without disturbing healthy cellsResearchers, including an Indian origin scientist, have created a microbicide that can trick HIV into killing itself without disturbing any...
20 Sep, 2013, 03.21 PM IST