Pfizer and BioNTech announced on Tuesday that the companies will start a human trial to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of a vaccine specifically modified to target the omicron variant ...
In a recent study published in the journal Cell, researchers investigated the infectivity, fusogenicity, and immune evasive potential of two novel Omicron subvariants – BA.2.86 and FLip. They used ...
Pfizer is enrolling healthy adults to test a reformulated COVID-19 vaccine that matches the hugely contagious omicron variant, to see how it compares with the original shots. Pfizer and its partner ...
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The BA.2.75 sublineage of the B.1.1.529 (omicron) variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) may escape neutralizing antibodies. The BA.2.75 sublineage (primarily the BA.2 ...
In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers performed deep mutational scanning (DMS) for the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant of ...
Researchers from Osaka University compare the sensitivity of RATs and PCR tests for the Omicron variant of COVID-19 Osaka, Japan - Testing plays a crucial role in humanity’s strategy to mitigate the ...
Thea van de Mortel teaches into the Griffith University Master of Infection Prevention and Control program. You’ve tested negative for COVID using a rapid antigen test (RAT), but are a close contact ...