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Genetics

Key regulator of COVID viral receptor may be new drug target

Entry of the SARS-CoV-2 virus into human tissues depends on the activity of a host gene that regulates production of a key viral receptor, according to a study publishing June 13 in the open access journal PLOS Biology by ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Almost 3 in 10 young kids may have malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa

Almost three out of ten children in 13 Sub-Saharan Africa countries are infected with malaria, with older under-five children living in large families with low incomes in rural areas being most vulnerable, according to a ...

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