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SARS-CoV-2 goes ‘underground’ to spread from cell to cell: Study

Dec 25, 2021, at 10:14 pm

Washignton: The virus that causes COVID-19 has adopted some stealth moves to stay alive and kicking, and one secret to its success is hiding from the immune system by spreading through cell-to-cell transmission, a new study has found.

Velvetleaf extract shows to inhibit replication of Sars-CoV-2 virus in lab : CSIR Study

Jun 15, 2021, at 05:06 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The researchers in three laboratories of the government- owned Council for Industrial and Scientific Research (CSIR) have found that the root and plant extract of velvetleaf can stop the replication of Sars-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19, by up to 98 per cent in cell cultures, according to media reports.

Global scientists double down on SARS-CoV-2 variants research at WHO-hosted forum

Jan 13, 2021, at 11:59 pm

New York: Global scientists are intensifying research into COVID-19, as the World Health Organization (WHO) moves to expand its scientific collaboration and monitoring of emerging variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

About 1,000 people infected with UK-linked strain of COVID-19 in France: Chief Scientist

Jan 13, 2021, at 10:20 pm

Paris/Sputnik: About 1,000 people in France are infected with the mutant coronavirus strain, which was recently discovered in the UK, President of the French Scientific Council Jean-Francois Delfressy said in an interview on Wednesday.

Scientists believe SARS-CoV-2 may resemble common cold in future 

Jan 13, 2021, at 10:15 pm

New York: What is the endgame for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that is causing worldwide devastation?

Study shows SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, not transmitted by mosquitoes

Jul 19, 2020, at 05:16 am

Manhattan: A new study by Kansas State University researchers is the first to confirm that SARS-CoV-2 cannot be transmitted to people by mosquitoes.

Up to 45 percent of SARS-CoV-2 infections may be asymptomatic, new analysis finds

Jun 30, 2020, at 04:59 pm

New York: An extraordinary percentage of people infected by the virus behind the ongoing deadly COVID-19 pandemic—up to 45 percent—are people who never show symptoms of the disease, according to the results of a Scripps Research analysis of public datasets on asymptomatic infections.

US firm now claims its antibody can cure COVID-19

May 19, 2020, at 09:27 am

San Diego/IBNS:  Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. recently announced that its anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody, STI-1499, demonstrated 100% inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 virus infection in an in vitro virus infection experiment at a very low antibody concentration.