New Omicron Variants Are Here--What We Know So Far
The variants appear to sneak past the immune system, but vaccines will likely continue to hold strong.....»»
Israel Authorizes Use of Phone Tracking Tech To Contain Spread of Omicron Covid Variant
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Rights groups petitioned Israel's top court on Monday to repeal new COVID-19 measures that authorize the country's domestic intelligence service to use counter-terrorism phone tracking technology to c.....»»
US preps vaccine contingencies amid panic over poorly understood omicron
Vaccines offer "at least some protection" against omicron, Biden believes. Enlarge / WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 29: Anthony Fauci (R), Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and Chief Medical Advisor to th.....»»
Omicron Covid Variant Poses Very High Global Risk, Says WHO
The Omicron coronavirus variant is likely to spread internationally, posing a very high global risk of infection surges that could have severe consequences some areas, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. From a report: The UN agency u.....»»
Identifying highly recombinant plants for breeding
For plant breeding, it is important to create as many combinations as possible of genetic variants within a short time to select the most suitable candidates between plants with many different characteristics. The working group of Prof. Dr. Benjamin.....»»
Top Vaccine Makers Already Preparing to Fight Omicron Coronavirus Variant
While the Omicron mutation might "impact" the effectiveness of our current vaccines, they're "super unlikely" to render them useless, according to Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of Brown University's School of Public Health. And USA Today reports that vaccin.....»»
Why Omicron quickly became a variant of concern
The WHO lets Omicron skip over variant of interest, go straight to concern. Enlarge / That's a lot of mutations. (credit: Stanford) On Friday, the World Health Organization officially named a new version of the SARS-CoV-2 viru.....»»
Plant-derived antiviral is effective in blocking highly infectious SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant, say scientists
A plant-based antiviral has been found to be just as effective at treating all variants of the virus SARS-CoV-2, even the highly infectious Delta variant......»»
Delta-like SARS-CoV-2 variants are most likely to increase pandemic severity
Mathematical model indicates SARS-CoV-2 variants that combine enhanced transmissibility with the ability to escape immunity cause more infections than variants with either trait alone. Understanding which type of variants are most likely to increase.....»»
Venom of cone snail could lead to future diabetes treatments
Researchers have found that variants of this cone snail venom could offer future possibilities for developing new fast-acting drugs to help treat diabetics......»»
Machine learning IDs mammal species with the potential to spread SARS-CoV-2
Back and forth transmission of SARS-CoV-2 between people and other mammals increases the risk of new variants and threatens efforts to control COVID-19. A new study, published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, used a novel modelling approa.....»»
All about Eve, sophisticated AI
New AI model called EVE outperforms other AI methods in determining whether a gene variant is benign or disease-causing. When applied to more than 36 million variants across 3,219 disease-associated proteins and genes, EVE indicated more than 256,000.....»»
Researchers create mirror-image peptides that can neutralize SARS-CoV-2
Researchers at the University of Toronto have created chemical compounds that can neutralize SARS-CoV-2 and several of its variants......»»
Clues emerge: How harmless bacteria go rogue turning into deadly flesh-eating variants
For bacteria, like people, lifestyle matters......»»
New testing strategy rapidly quantifies transmissibility of COVID-19 variants
A team of researchers has developed a new nanomechanical technique for fast, one-step, immune-affinity tests, which can quantify the immune response induced by different COVID-19 variants in serum......»»
Apple Watch Series 7 finally goes official in India
The new Apple Watch Series 7 is available in two different size variants – 41mm and 45mm......»»
AMD Ryzen 5000 series Threadripper possibly delayed to next year
Known leaker @greymon55 on Twitter said today that codename "Chagall" has probably been delayed to next year. Chagall refers to the codename attached to the consumer variants of AMD's 5000 series Threadripper processors that have appeared in leaks ea.....»»
"Ultra-potent" antibody against COVID-19 variants
A technology developed at Vanderbilt University Medical Center has led to the discovery of an "ultra-potent" monoclonal antibody against multiple variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, including the delta variant......»»
Modeling how COVID attaches itself to human cells
Rochester Institute of Technology scientists have uncovered new information about the way coronavirus and several of its variants attach to human cells. A study recently published in the Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics reveals the find.....»»
Manufacturing the nanoparticle ingredient for Australian-made COVID tests
As Australia's national COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues and the threat of new and existing global variants looms, rapid testing remains essential for identification, contact tracing and containment of infection......»»
What to know about the US COVID booster plan—and why WHO hates it
US officials make judgement call on boosters as WHO worries about global supply, variants. Enlarge / A health professional holds a vial of the Moderna vaccine against Covid-19 (credit: Europa Press News) US officials on Wednesday formally an.....»»