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Scripps Florida, University of Florida in talks to merge biomedical research operations Research center located on 30 acres across from FAU in Jupiter Scripps Research and last updated 2021-07-22 21:10:47-04 JUPITER, Fla. — Scripps Research is in talks to merge its Jupiter-based biomedical operation with the University of Florida's academic health center's research division in a relationship that pairs private and public institutions. In 2003, Scripps expanded to Florida on a 30-acre campus adjacent to Florida Atlantic University. Officials said Thursday this merger will spur cooperation...

How did SARS-CoV-2 first evolve in humans? In a perspective article recently published in the journal Science, Hyeryun Choe and Michael Farzan from the Scripps Research Institute, USA, have described the early-stage evolution of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in humans. They have provided a detailed overview of how early mutations in SARS-CoV-2 spike protein facilitate its adaptation in human systems. How does SARS-CoV-2 enter human cells? The spike glycoprotein on the viral envelope is the main entry protein of SARS-CoV-2 that initiates viral entry into human c...

Understanding Covid-19 variants and mutations Monday January 11 2021 Advertisement According to Uganda Virus Research Institute, whether the strain will have an effect on the vaccine is not yet known although research is ongoing. The coronavirus that is now threatening the world is subtly different from the one that first emerged in China. Sars-Cov-2, the official name of the virus that causes the disease Covid-19, and continues to blaze a path of destruction across the globe, is mutating.  The discovery of the two variants of coronavirus has triggered alarm. Scientists are racing to find ou...

Scientific American There is evidence the new variant could be more transmissible, yet vaccines work very well against it Print View of an empty Regent Street in London with the U.K.’s Tier 4 coronavirus restrictions in place to limit the spread of the new strain of coronavirus as infections continue to rise on December 22, 2020. Credit: Wiktor Szymanowicz Advertisement Editor's Note (12/30/20): Today health officials in Colorado confirmed the first case of a new mutated form of SARS-CoV-2 in the U.S., and said the state had a potential second case as well.  Scientists, as noted in ou...

In comparative terms, deaths from COVID-19 are currently about: 90% below annual fatalities from all causes. 7.7 times average annual fatalities from the flu. 70% above annual fatalities from accidents. Although C-19 is a new disease and took its first reported life in the U.S. during late February, these comparisons may substantially overstate its deadliness. This is because fatalities from accidents, the flu, and other common causes of death occur in droves every year, and this is unlikely for C-19 because of the facts below. Immunity The primary reason why the flu kills tens of thousands o...