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Detection of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant in New York Researchers at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena have developed a software tool called "Variant Database" that has detected an emerging lineage of severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) isolates in New York. The novel SARS-CoV-2 virus is the agent responsible for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic that continues to sweep the globe and has now caused more than 2.41 million deaths. The Variant Databas...

House bill would provide $1.7 billion for genomic sequencing to explore DNA of mutations.

The changing nature of the Coronavirus has thrown scientists yet another challenge when dealing with the deadly pandemic.

Researchers have discovered seven variants of the coronavirus in the US, with a mutation in the same genetic letter, a new study found.

Mink-derived SARS-CoV-2 mutations reduce antibody effectiveness The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is thought to be a disease originally occurring in animals but transmitted across the species barrier to human beings, probably through an intermediate host. Following human infection, the virus has been shown to transmit to some pet and farm animals, where it then mutates. A new preprint research pa...

Lockdown Continues In Victoria Following Cluster Outbreak Linked To Quarantine Hotel Health by Charis Chang 16th Feb 2021 7:12 AM Australia must reform its hotel quarantine program as the country cannot afford to have the coronavirus circulating within the community as it rolls out vaccines, one expert says. University of New South Wales Professor Mary-Louise McLaws, who is a member of a World Health Organisation advisory panel ...

Researchers in France report impaired neutralization of two new SARS-CoV-2 variants by antibodies induced by vaccination or natural infection.

Scientists are yet to figure out whether these mutations make the virus more contagious

Scientists discover two unique subtypes of a prominent mutation in patients with AML Using advanced RNA sequencing, scientists have identified two unique subtypes of a prominent mutation present in many patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) – called NPM1 – that could help predict survival and improve treatment response for patients whose leukemic cells bear the mutation. In research published Feb. 16, in Nature Communications, a team led by Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Senior Sci...

‘We don’t yet know how well this (new) variant will spread, but if it is successful it can be presumed that immunity from any vaccine or previous infection will be blunted’