SARS-CoV-2

A new study suggests that the common cold virus in humans competes successfully against Covid-19. The common cold virus is rhinovirus and it boots out the Covid-19 causing coronavirus. According to the research published by scientists at…
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New Delhi: While inaugurating the Mycology Advanced Resource Centre (MARC) established in collaboration with the ICMR in Bhopal, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday that the new generation sequencing facility at the…
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Washington: The US has launched a major new initiative to study the long-term effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection, and the means of prevention and treatment of individuals who have been sickened by Covid-19, but do not recover fully over a long…
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New Delhi: The genetic diagnostic laboratories in India have detected over 24,000 mutations in the strains of SARS-CoV-2 in the last one year, top officials told IANS on Tuesday. The officials added that the mutations have been detected…
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Washington: Pregnant women who are infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, during the third trimester are unlikely to pass the infection to their newborns, according to a new study. The study, funded by the US National…
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New York: Researchers have discovered that the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection (Covid-19) with a new antiviral drug, MK-4482/EIDD-2801 or Molnupiravir, completely suppresses the virus transmission within 24 hours. According to the…
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New York: In a unique study, researchers have claimed that chemical compounds in foods or beverages like green tea, muscadine grapes and dark chocolate can bind to and block the function of a particular enzyme, or protease, in the…
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New Delhi: Some Chinese scientists have claimed that the COVID-19 virus or SARS-CoV-2 originated from India and Bangladesh instead of Wuhan. After blaming US, Italy and Europe, now China has started shifting the blame to India and…
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New York: Researchers have identified a key factor as to why Covid-19 appears to infect and sicken adults and older people preferentially while seeming to spare younger children. Children have lower levels of an enzyme/co-receptor that…
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New York:  Scientists have claimed that by the end of 2020, approximately 300,000 infants could be born to mothers infected by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. The study, published in the Journal of Developmental Origins of…
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