“There are two observations that are of concern with s477n,” Turville said. “The first are studies where they grow virus to be resistant to antibodies. Two that emerge are s477n and e484k, with the latter observed in the South African variant. Secondly are studies that combine the elements of the s477n virus with e484k and the UK variant [n501y]. In that setting, the RBD of the virus increases its ability to bind to the receptor cells 600 times better than the original virus.”
That means it is much more infectious.
“For me, there are many variants of concern, such as those seen in South Africa, the UK and Brazil,” Turville said. “S477n was the ‘seed’ of one of them. But no one talks about this Melbourne variant anymore, because we got rid of it. But we might have dodged a bullet.”
The secretive meeting where Vietnam changes leaders
John Boudreau and Nguyen Dieu Tu Uyen, Bloomberg
Jan. 29, 2021
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Vietnam, one of the world s five remaining Communist states, is about to get new leadership.
The biggest moves will emerge from a secretive, twice-a-decade meeting the National Party Congress which started Jan. 25 in Hanoi and ends Feb. 2. From general secretary on down, there ll be a shakeup of the characters who will steer the Southeast Asian nation of 97.6 million people through a period of tense relations involving China and the U.S. While no major policy reset is anticipated, the congress will approve a five-year blueprint for one of the world s fastest-growing economies.
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Virologist Stuart Turville works on samples containing Covid-19 in the Kirby Instituteâs high containment lab at the University of NSW. Photograph: Visual Content Team/UNSW
In a high security laboratory in Sydney, where a select group of researchers go to extreme lengths to work with samples of blood and swabs containing Covid-19, virologist Stuart Turville found a unicorn.
âA beautiful, immunological unicorn,â Turville, an associate professor with the Kirby Institute at the University of New South Wales, said.
âWe found him when we were analysing samples from the Red Cross blood bank from people who have had Covid. And he had the most amazing Covid response Iâve ever seen.â
SOR Battery Ink Exceeds 4V From Moisture in Air
PERTH, Australia, Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/
Strategic Elements Ltd (ASX:SOR) has achieved another significant milestone with its self-charging battery technology successfully generating an output of over 4V from moisture in the air over a testing period of approx. 5 hours. This was achieved through development of a prototype battery pack containing multiple connected battery ink cells.
The self-charging battery ink technology is being designed to generate electricity from humidity in the air or skin surface. It is being developed under a collaboration partially funded by a Federal Government grant with CSIRO and the University of New South Wales