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MOSTLY MICROBES AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
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COVID's endgame: Scientists have a clue about where SARS-CoV-2 is headed
#coronavirus #COVID #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 Back in the 1980s, scientists in the U.K. performed an experiment that — at first glance — sounds...
David Ojcius
Oct 30, 20218 min read
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Accept It: COVID19 Will Become Endemic
Because of multiple animal reservoirs, because vaccinated people can still experience breakthrough infections & because billions of...
David Ojcius
Sep 30, 20214 min read
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Did the coronavirus jump from animals to people twice?
The #SARSCoV2 #coronavirus could have spilled from animals to people multiple times, according to preliminary analysis of viral genomes...
David Ojcius
Sep 16, 20214 min read
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3D culture models to study SARS-CoV-2 infectivity and antiviral candidates
3D culture models to study #SARSCoV2 infectivity and antiviral candidates: From spheroids to bioprinting Abstract The pandemic caused by...
David Ojcius
Sep 11, 20211 min read
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The Moderna vaccine makes more antibodies than Pfizer's. Does it matter?
#coronavirus #SARSCoV2 #immunity #immunology #COVID19 The Moderna vaccine makes more antibodies than Pfizer's. Does it matter? Antibodies...
David Ojcius
Sep 5, 20214 min read
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Prior exposure to common cold coronaviruses enhances immune response to SARS-CoV-2
Researchers show that cross-reactive CD4+ T cells found in people previously exposed to common cold coronaviruses enhance the body's...
David Ojcius
Sep 4, 20216 min read
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Viewpoint article in the journal "Science": The animal origin of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus
Viewpoint article in the journal "Science": The animal origin of the #SARSCoV2 #coronavirus Although first detected in December 2019,...
David Ojcius
Aug 29, 20217 min read
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Biden receives inconclusive intelligence report on covid-19 origins
Biden receives inconclusive intelligence report on #COVID19 origins #SARSCoV2 #Wuhan The report falls short of concluding whether the...
David Ojcius
Aug 24, 20214 min read
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Beyond Delta variant, scientists are watching new coronavirus variants
Beyond #DeltaVariant, scientists are watching new #coronavirus variants. The continued spread of the #SARSCoV2 virus has spawned a Greek...
David Ojcius
Aug 9, 20213 min read
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Structural basis for enhanced infectivity and immune evasion of SARS-CoV-2 variants
Three papers use functional & structural studies to explore how mutations in the #SARSCoV2 #coronavirus spike protein affect its ability...
David Ojcius
Aug 6, 20216 min read
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Highly Potent COVID Treatment: New Nanobodies Stop SARS-CoV-2 and Its Dangerous Variants
Researchers developed #nanobodies that efficiently block the #SARSCoV2 #coronavirus & its new variants. Nanobodies can be produced at low...
David Ojcius
Aug 4, 20215 min read
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Antibody responses following SARS-CoV-2 infection more potent than vaccine-elicited ones
Antibody responses following #SARSCoV2 infection are more potent than vaccine-elicited ones. “Memory antibodies selected over time by...
David Ojcius
Aug 2, 20213 min read
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Scientists suspect Lambda SARS-CoV-2 variant most dangerous
Scientists suspect #LambdaVariant is the most dangerous #SARSCoV2 #coronavirus variant In late December 2019, a novel coronavirus was...
David Ojcius
Jul 31, 20214 min read
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Emerging SARS-CoV-2 mutations L452R & Y453F evade cellular immunity
Researchers found that L452R mutation of #SARSCoV2 #Spike protein, which is common to two strains, Epsilon & Delta, can evade...
David Ojcius
Jul 28, 20213 min read
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Cigarette Smoke Stimulates Coronavirus Infection by Activating AhR and Increasing ACE2 Expression
#Cigarette Smoke Stimulates #SARSCoV2 Internalization by Activating AhR and Increasing ACE2 Expression in Human Gingival Epithelial Cells...
David Ojcius
Jul 18, 20211 min read
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In this summer of covid freedom, disease experts warn: ‘The world needs a reality check’
‘The world needs a reality check’ #coronavirus infections are surging in places with low vaccination rates. #SARSCoV2 is continuing to...
David Ojcius
Jul 17, 20217 min read
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Delta variant's rise plunges Europe into uncertainty — and offers a warning to the US
#DeltaVariant's rise plunges Europe into uncertainty — and offers a warning to the U.S. Last month, as Europe finally lifted #COVID19...
David Ojcius
Jul 14, 20215 min read
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A study describes a systems-based analysis of immune responses to vaccination with the COVID vaccine
Systems vaccinology of the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine in humans Abstract The emergency use authorization of two #mRNA #vaccines against...
David Ojcius
Jul 14, 20211 min read
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Emerging Mutations in Coronavirus Spike: Widening Distribution Over Time in Different Geographies
Emerging Mutation in #coronavirus #SARSCoV2 Spike: Widening Distribution Over Time in Different Geographic Areas Abstract Background...
David Ojcius
Jul 13, 20211 min read
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Stem cells can use same method as plants and insects to protect against viruses
Mammalian stem cells can use same method as plants & insects to protect against RNA viruses such as #SARSCoV2 & #Zika. An isoform of...
David Ojcius
Jul 10, 20212 min read
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