Findings indicate a sharp drop in immunity after Omicron infection, stressing the necessity for updated vaccines to enhance ...

Infection with the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant confers weak, short-term protection against reinfection, compared with the much ...

Study: Tofacitinib Mitigates the Increased SARS-CoV-2 Infection Susceptibility Caused by an IBD Risk Variant in the PTPN2 Gene. Image Credit: GB.JSTOCK / Shutterstock.com A recent study published ...

shows that a loss-of-function variant in the phosphatase gene PTPN2, commonly associated with autoimmune diseases, can increase expression of the SARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2, making cells more ...

A study on bat genomes, involving Texas Tech University, discovered genetic adaptations that help bats resist viral ...

The SARS-CoV-2 virus infects through the naso-oral route ... STAT1 & STAT2 heterodimers translocate into the nucleus and are recruited for transcription of the IFN-stimulated gene having an ...

The discovery of antiviral genes in bats that protect them from pathogens could lead to new approaches to combat viral diseases.

SARS-CoV-2 infection was confirmed by two consecutive RT-PCR tests targeting different regions of the RdRp gene performed by the local hospitals and Public Health Laboratory Service (Hong Kong, China) ...

COVID-19, coronavirus disease of the year 2019; has, Homo sapien; KEGG, Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes; mRNA, messenger RNA (mRNA); miRNA, microRNA; RdRp, RNA dependent RNA polymerase; ...