The new coronavirus test focuses on antibodies against a protein, called the N-protein, that is embedded in the virus’s nucleocapsid.
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New research examining how frequently our bodies produce broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) capable of thwarting a range of SARS-CoV-2 variants offers clues on the strategy tweaks that could potentially future-proof COVID-19 vaccines.
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Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists have developed a nanoparticle they say has the potential to improve the delivery of mRNA-based vaccines for infectious diseases, like COVID-19, as well as non-infectious diseases, including cancer.
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An analysis of data on the international trade of macaques for research revealed discrepancies that point to a booming macaque black market. This illegal trade increases the risk of disease transmission to humans, which could set the stage for the next pandemic.
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Scientists have discovered a hidden "doorway" for SARS-CoV-2 that allows the virus to enter cells easily—and cholesterol is to blame.
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More than three years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, scientists have created a nationwide framework to detail the long-lasting effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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A new study has found that the risk of long COVID and its symptoms present very differently across diverse populations, and suggests that further investigation is needed to accurately define the disease and improve diagnosis and treatment.
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When new COVID-19 vaccines were first administered two years ago, public health officials found an increase in cases of myocarditis, particularly among young males who had been vaccinated with mRNA vaccines.
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The finding provides new insight into how the protein, known as the occludin protein, serves as a mediator for cell-to-cell transmission of the virus.
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The team wanted to build a device—a printer of sorts—that could quickly produce and deploy vaccines during outbreaks of diseases.
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Using powerful sequencing technology, researchers have identified specific biomarker patterns in the blood that are unique to severe COVID-19 infection, as well as others unique to Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C).
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People living with long COVID who suffer from loss of smell show different patterns of activity in certain regions of the brain, a new study has found.
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A new study shows mutations that tightened the core of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in new variants may have increased the virus’s fitness.
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Last spring, just as the COVID-19 pandemic began to wane to an endemic level, U.S. states and other countries were hit with yet another mysterious virus. This virus, however, was killing young children rather than presenting asymptomatically as SARS-CoV-2 did.
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A new study shows how COVID-19 subvariants spread more rapidly among those who were previously infected and Paxlovid might have made people more susceptible to future infections.
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