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New coronavirus variants are emerging across the globe: Everything we know CNET 2/17/2021 © Bloom Lab (https://jbloomlab.github.io/SARS-CoV-2-RBD_DMS/) Maps like these, produced by the Bloom lab at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, guide research on mutations. At significant sites in the RBD, the team analyzes how mutants change the binding affinity. Blue is increased affinity, red is decreased. The N501Y mutant is a deep blue, showing how this mutant has increased binding affinit...

Published: Jan 06, 2021 By Mark Terry SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has mutated into several strains. Most of them are not particularly different than the primary strains, but two, B.1.1.7, which was first observed in the U.K., and now 501.V2, which originated in South Africa, have virologists watching closely. Although neither strain appears to be more deadly or to cause more severe illness than earlier strains, both appear to be more transmissible, or “catchy.” The ...

Outwitting the foe: predicting evolved antibody escape in SARS-CoV-2 From the Bloom Lab (Basic Sciences Division) January 18, 2021 • By A Isabella The Covid-19 pandemic has redefined normalcy in our lives. But humans are a resilient species, and we have, though not without much pain and heartache, admirably adjusted to this ‘new normal’ a mere year after the virus’s emergence on the world stage. Unfortunately, to compound the challenges, it seems that every time ...

GM The vaccines are non-sterilizing in their current form. They will only generate enormous selective pressure in the direction of evolving new variants that escape them. Not only that, but because so far immune escape has been coupled to these things, those variants will be more contagious, and perhaps deadlier too. upstater It is VERY hard not to get depressed about all this… And the notion that Team Blue can fix any of this is simply magical. Here we are almost a year in and we can’t mak...

Dr. Scott Gottlieb warned that vaccinating against Covid is more critical than ever, especially as the new South Africa variant appears to inhibit antibody drugs.

Published: Jan 06, 2021 By Mark Terry SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has mutated into several strains. Most of them are not particularly different than the primary strains, but two, B.1.1.7, which was first observed in the U.K., and now 501.V2, which originated in South Africa, have virologists watching closely. Although neither strain appears to be more deadly or to cause more severe illness than earlier strains, both appear to be more transmissible, or “catchy.” The ...

Dr. Scott Gottlieb explains why vaccinating Americans against Covid is critical, especially as the South Africa variant appears to inhibit antibody drugs.

» The coronavirus variant in South Africa seems to evade antibody drugs, which is very concerning, ex-FDA chief Scott Gottlieb says The coronavirus variant in South Africa seems to evade antibody drugs, which is very concerning, ex-FDA chief Scott Gottlieb says Dr. Catherine Schuster-BruceJan 6, 2021, 20:22 IST Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb talks with Margaret Brennan on "Face the Nation" in Washington DC March 8, 2020Chris Usher/CBS via Getty Images Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the forme...

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out whats clicking on Foxnews.com. Though COVID-19 vaccines will likely render effective against the South African coronavirus variant -- according to an infectious disease expert -- the former head of the  U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said the strain may "obviate" other countermeasures, including antibody drugs. The South African virus variant, known as 501Y.V2, has sparked serious concern, and the strain has already been described as ...

By   Jan 06, 2021 06:31 AM EST One more strain called the South African COVID-19 variant has one side-effect that needs to be confirmed. A scientist states that it might cause antibody drugs as useless medication.   Viruses mutate all the time; some mutation is good or bad for it. Recently, the UK variant arose that is more infectious, not necessarily fatal. The South African strain is active in several places globally, and it has one more surprise for everyone.  Dr. Scott Gottlieb said tha...