Scientists have devised a novel approach to halting the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The researchers engineered a completely synthetic, production-ready molecule that straitjackets the crucial SARS-CoV-2 …read more Source:: Science
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Vikings had smallpox and may have helped spread the world’s deadliest virus
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•Scientists have discovered extinct strains of smallpox in the teeth of Viking skeletons — proving for the first time that the killer disease plagued humanity for at least 1400 years. …read more Source:: Science
Lab-made virus mimics COVID-19 virus
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•Researchers have created a virus in the lab that infects cells and interacts with antibodies just like the COVID-19 virus, but lacks the ability to cause severe disease. This safer …read more Source:: Science
Experimental COVID-19 vaccine safe, generates immune response
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•An investigational vaccine, mRNA-1273, designed to protect against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), was generally well tolerated and prompted neutralizing antibody activity in healthy adults, according …read more Source:: Science
Newer variant of COVID-19-causing virus dominates global infections
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•New research shows that a specific change in the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus virus genome, previously associated with increased viral transmission and the spread of COVID-19, is more infectious in cell culture. …read more Source:: Science
Evolution of pandemic coronavirus outlines path from animals to humans
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•A team of scientists studying the origin of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that has caused the COVID-19 pandemic, found that it was especially well-suited to jump from animals to humans by …read more Source:: Science
New coronavirus stable for hours on surfaces
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•New research finds that the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is stable for several hours to days in aerosols and on surfaces. Scientists found that severe acute respiratory …read more Source:: Science
Coronavirus spreads quickly and sometimes before people have symptoms, study finds
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•Infectious disease researchers studying the novel coronavirus were able to identify how quickly the virus can spread, a factor that may help public health officials in their efforts at containment. …read more Source:: Science
First childhood flu helps explain why virus hits some people harder than others
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•Why are some people better able to fight off the flu than others? Part of the answer, according to a new study, is related to the first flu strain we …read more Source:: Science
New disease surveillance tool helps detect any human-infecting virus
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•A new computational method called ‘CATCH’ designs molecular ‘baits’ for any virus known to infect humans and all their known strains, including those that are present in low abundance in …read more Source:: Science