New mutations to the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 are emerging, including a more-infectious variant first found in the United Kingdom, even as vaccines containing bits of viral genetic material are beginning distribution. ...
Jan 6, 2021
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A new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, is thought to be driving increased transmission of the disease in parts of the UK. The government has placed some regions including London under new, stricter ...
Dec 21, 2020
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"Coronavirus" has already established itself as the scary new word of 2020. Add the word "mutant," and you've got an even stronger candidate for the scary new phrase of 2021.
Dec 11, 2020
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Combining a gene-targeted drug, a cancer-bursting virus and a drug that removes the immune system's brake pedal can tackle thyroid cancer with newfound gusto, research has found.
Dec 8, 2020
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When it comes to children, it is becoming clear that COVID-19 impacts them more than was initially realized. Yet there is relatively little information about SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease, in pediatric populations. ...
Nov 20, 2020
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The Danes took drastic action to cull more than 17 million mink in early November because they're worried a vaccine could be less effective against the mutated variants of SARS-Cov-2 that have appeared among mink and humans ...
Nov 17, 2020
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Tohoku University scientists have found that human editing enzymes are likely behind a type of mutation in the COVID-19 virus that stimulates the release of pro-inflammatory molecules called cytokines by immune cells in the ...
Nov 11, 2020
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Denmark and the United States are among six countries that have reported new coronavirus cases linked to mink farms, the World Health Organization said.
Nov 7, 2020
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When Saathvik Kannan's father, a faculty member at the University of Missouri, saw his friend, Kamlendra Singh, a research professor at MU, on television being interviewed for his research identifying possible treatments ...
Sep 28, 2020
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Timothy Ray Brown, the first person known to have been cured of HIV infection, says he is now terminally ill from a recurrence of the cancer that prompted his historic treatment 12 years ago.
Sep 25, 2020
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