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Italy detects new mutated Covid-19 strain in UK returnee
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], December 21 (ANI): Italy on Sunday said it has detected a new coronavirus strain with mutations in a person who recently returned from the United Kingdom.
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Researchers create framework to help determine timing of cancer mutations
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Los Angeles [US], December 7 (ANI ): UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers studying cancer evolution have created a framework to help determine which tool combinations are best for pinpointing the exact timing of DNA mutations in cancer genomes.
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Italy announces temporary ban on mink farming
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], November 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza signed a decree on Monday banning mink farming until at least March, amid fears that coronavirus mutations may affect vaccine efficacy.
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Coronavirus mutation may have made it more contagious, finds study
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 31 (ANI): A study involving more than 5,000 COVID-19 patients in Houston finds that the virus that causes the disease is accumulating genetic mutations, one of which may have made it more contagious.
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Coronavirus strain may have mutated, potentially evolving: Study
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 24 (ANI): Houston researchers have unveiled a study of over 5,000 genetic sequences of coronavirus which reveals the pathogen's virus's continuous accumulation of mutations.
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Russia's health watchdog says 22 stable mutated COVID-19 strains identifie
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], September 18 (ANI/Sputnik): There are about 22 stable mutations in the genetic makeup of the coronavirus detected worldwide, with two of them being the most resistant, Russia's consumer rights and human welfare watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, told Sputnik on Friday, adding that t
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New Australian software tracks COVID-19 mutations that threaten vaccine ef
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], September 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Australian researchers have developed a new tool to help tackle the problem of mutations in COVID-19, which could render prospective vaccines ineffective.
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Study reveals genetic mutations may be linked to infertility, early menopa
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 1 (ANI): A new study identifies a specific gene's previously unknown role in fertility. Analysing genetic data in people, the researchers found an association between mutations in this gene and early menopause.
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Mutations may be making coronavirus more contagious: Researchers
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 30 (ANI): About 70 per cent of the 50,000 genomes of the coronavirus that was uploaded by researchers have undergone mutations. Researchers from Northwest University's medical school in Chicago believe that mutation in the coronavirus has made it considerably mor
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Researchers find further evidence of autoimmunity's role in Parkinson's di
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
California [USA], April 26 (ANI): A research report finds that signs of autoimmunity can appear in Parkinson's disease patients years before their official diagnosis.
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Scientists found mutations in gene causing obesity
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 24 (ANI): Scientists have found that the mutations in the gene that encodes a particular type of protein in brain is linked to severe childhood obesity as it controls the eating habits.
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Vaccine will be effective even if coronavirus mutates : ICMR
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 18 (ANI): While scientists from government-run Biotechnology Research Centre in Gujarat claimed to have identified three new mutations of the COVID-19 in its genome sequencing, the top medical research body -- the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said
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