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Covid-19 mutated variant trumps older version in series of experiments February 27, 2021 Representative image   -  REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol× A new examination, carried out by an international team of researchers, demonstrated in both the laboratory and in animal models why the D614G variant was able to gain the upper hand over the wild-type SARS-CoV-2 virus. The researchers claimed that their approach allowed them to characterize emerging mutations such as the British variant B.1.1.7 smoot...

Researchers in the UK have shown that the increased transmissibility of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) lineage B.1.1.7 that emerged in the UK during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic does not appear to be the result of increased viral replication or immune escape.

A study by The University of Western Australia (UWA), Perron Institute, Paracelsus Medical University (Austria) and Nanjing University (China) has...

Proteins play crucial role in muscle growth When a muscle grows, because its owner is still growing too or has started exercising regularly, some of the stem cells in this muscle develop into new muscle cells. The same thing happens when an injured muscle starts to heal. At the same time, however, the muscle stem cells must produce further stem cells - i.e., renew themselves - as their supply would otherwise be depleted very quickly. This requires that the cells involved in muscle growth commun...

A new piece of research was conducted using a wide range of variables related to demographic and environmental factors in New York State (NYS), USA. NYS consists of urban and ethnically diverse counties, some of which are population-dense while others are population-sparse.

The new highly contagious Covid-19 variant called B.1.526 is ravaging the city of New York.According to a recent study, published on the Columbia University website, this new Covid-19 variant – B.1.52

Photo Credit: IANS IANSLive New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The Centre-run Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research in Chandigarh has cautioned that the severity of Covid-19 may be returning since the hospital has admitted almost double the number of such cases in the last ten days. To get full access of the story, click here to subscribe to IANS News Service © 2021 IANS India Private Limited. All Rights Reserved. The reproduction of the story/photograph in any form will be liable for...

Researchers from the US recently compared antibody binding and viral neutralization against 2 SARS-CoV-2 variants that emerged in different parts of the world. The researchers used sera from spike mRNA vaccinated and naturally infected individuals against a circulating B.1 variant and the emerging B.1.351 variant. The study is published on the preprint server bioRxiv.

Now, a new study, posted to the bioRxiv preprint server by the same researchers, focussing on the Austrian region, found that SARS-CoV-2 transmission bottlenecks to be much tighter than previously thought.

Canadian pilot study uses gene therapy to successfully treat patients with Fabry disease Results of a world-first Canadian pilot study on patients treated with gene therapy for Fabry disease show that the treatment is working and safe. The Canadian research team was the first to use gene therapy in 2017 to treat patients with Fabry disease, a rare, chronic illness that can damage major organs and shorten lives. They report their findings today in the journal Nature Communications. "Being one o...