An array of different mutations or combinations of mutations may help the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 escape immune responses or therapeutic antibodies, according to a study published today in eLife ...
When the variant now known as omicron first appeared on a global database of coronavirus genomic sequences, scientists were stunned. This was the weirdest creature they’d seen to date. It had an ...
Thirteen of Omicron’s mutations should have hurt the variant’s chances of survival. Instead, they worked together to make it thrive. By Carl Zimmer As nurses and doctors struggle with a ...
The omicron variant of the coronavirus has about 50 genetic mutations, and a whopping 36 of them are in the all-important spike. That is the part that lets the virus attach to human cells and worm its ...
The Omicron variant of COVID continues to spur governments and scientists into action this week, with booster shot programs being expanded. In response to the potentially vaccine-resistant new variant ...
In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers investigated the efficacy of diagnostic tests for identifying severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) variants ...
Like storm waves battering a ship, new versions of the SARS-CoV-2 virus have buffeted the world one after another. Recently, scientists keeping tabs on these variants noticed a trend: Many carry the ...
Missouri experts say omicron's mutations are concerning, but make the COVID variant easier to detect
The first confirmed case of the omicron variant in the U.S. was identified Wednesday, a little more than a week after its initial discovery in South Africa. While the World Health Organization has ...
The omicron variant has been described as "highly mutated," but scientists don't yet know what many of the mutations actually do. The omicron variant of the SARS-CoV2 coronavirus has been described as ...
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