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The researchers found that diABZI potently inhibits SARS-CoV-2 infection of diverse strains, including variant of concern B.1.351, by stimulating interferon signalling. (Representational image)

Drug that blocks multiple coronavirus variants in mice identified

The team tested a newly-developed drug molecule called diABZI, which is currently being tested in clinical trials to...

31 May 2021 1:14 PM IST

The SARS-CoV-2 virus has RNA as its genetic material. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

New DNA vaccine for COVID-19 effective in mice, hamsters: Study

Some currently available COVID-19 vaccines rely on messenger RNA or mRNA strands

28 May 2021 1:21 PM IST

A health worker conducts Covid-19 testing at Ram Manohar Lohiya Hospital in Lucknow.(Photo: PTI)

India asks social media firms to remove reference to 'Indian variant'...

Around the world, coronvirus variants have generically been referred to by doctors, health experts on the basis of where...

22 May 2021 12:04 PM IST

A medic collects swab sample from a woman for COVID-19 tests, at National Institute of TB and Respiratory Diseases, Mehrauli, in New Delhi, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. (PTI/Kamal Singh)

'B.1.617 variant of SARS-CoV2 has sub-lineages; nothing called...

B.1.617 was the mutant which was increasing in some part of the country like Maharashtra, West Bengal, Karnataka

20 May 2021 11:48 AM IST

The team infected lab-grown human airway tissue with the virus and found that for the first three days, viral load in the tissue doubled about every six hours. (Representational image: AFP)

Exposure to common cold virus may protect from COVID-19: Study

They found evidence of rapid growth of SARS-CoV-2 in the first few days of infection, followed by activation of the...

16 Jun 2021 1:37 PM IST

Delta plus is resistant to the monoclonal antibody cocktail treatment for COVID-19 recently authorised in India. (Representational Image: Reuters)

Delta plus: New Covid variant identified, experts say no cause of...

Delta plus is resistant to the monoclonal antibody cocktail treatment for COVID-19 recently authorised in India

14 Jun 2021 6:11 PM IST

A nurse prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 at the Cecilia Rivadeneira Foundation in Quito. (Photo: AFP)

Old people more susceptible to Covid variants, even if vaccinated,...

The study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association

22 July 2021 9:22 AM IST

The idea behind the future drug would be that it works early in the infection. (Representational image: AP)

Scientists find new drug target to treat coronavirus, fight future...

The latest study provides critical information that could aid drug development against future coronaviruses as well as...

8 July 2021 1:19 PM IST

The researchers found that diABZI potently inhibits SARS-CoV-2 infection of diverse strains, including variant of concern B.1.351, by stimulating interferon signalling. (Representational image)

New Covid variant, C.1.2, may be more infectious, evade vaccine...

The new variant has more mutations than other variants of concern (VOCs) or variants of interest (VOIs)

30 Aug 2021 2:53 PM IST

The SARS-CoV-2 virus has RNA as its genetic material. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

SARS-CoV-2 antibodies remain stable, even increase 7 months after...

The research team analysed blood samples from 578 participants, taken at four different time points between March and...

9 Aug 2021 1:04 PM IST

The researchers found that aerosols travelled farther and more quickly in rooms with displacement ventilation, where fresh air continuously flows from the floor and pushes old air to an exhaust vent near the ceiling. Representational Image. (ANI)

Study says social distancing is not enough to prevent virus

The findings of the study were published in the journal 'Sustainable Cities and Society'

19 Sept 2021 2:39 AM IST