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Coronavirus | Variants with two specific mutations may evade antibodies, says virologist Shahid Jameel
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February 21, 2021 20:39 IST
The spike protein of the coronavirus enables it to bind to the ACE2 receptor on host cells a process which studies have show to be crucial for the virus to enter the cells and cause infection.
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Shahid Jameel, Virologist, and Director, Trivedi School of Biosciences, Ashoka University
The spike protein of the coronavirus enables it to bind to the ACE2 receptor on host cells a process which studies have show to be crucial for the virus to enter the cells and cause infection.
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February 14, 2021 14:46 IST
From an ethical perspective, all persons in a control arm should at least receive the standard of care
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Ensuing trial: For CovoVax, the drug regulator has allowed Serum Institute to use a placebo if participants on the placebo arm could be unblinded 60 days after the second dose upon their request and offered the candidate vaccine.
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From an ethical perspective, all persons in a control arm should at least receive the standard of care
On February 3, 2021, the Subject Expert Committee of the Indian drug regulator approved Pune-based Serum Institute to conduct a phase-2/3 trial of CovoVax COVID-19 vaccine that was originally developed by Novavax Inc. headquartered in the U.S. Novavax’s vaccine was found to have over 89% efficacy in a phase-3 trial carried out in the U.K. In mid-January Dr. Reddy’s lab was allowed to carry out a phase-3 trial of Sputnik V vaccine. There are other vaccines wh