variants

Discovering the Functions of Noncoding Sequence Variants

After a postdoctoral research position with CRISPR pioneer Feng Zhang, Neville Sanjana set out to target numerous genes at once…

3 weeks ago

4 years later, COVID remains a year-round threat. Here’s why this virus isn’t seasonal quite yet

This story is part of CBC Health's Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers…

4 weeks ago

US Military in Poland receives 100 Bradley IFV variants

A Bradley infantry fighting vehicle of the U.S. Army and a Leopard 2PL main battle tank of the Polish armed…

4 weeks ago

As COVID cases rise again, what do I need to know about the new FLiRT variants?

The proportion of COVID cases caused by FLiRT subvariants is rising in NSW. Credit: NSW Health We've now been living…

1 month ago

FLiRT COVID-19 variants pose low public health risk but stay vigilant, says expert

The new COVID-19 variants KP.2 and KP.3, more commonly known as “FLiRT,” pose “low public health risk,” infectious diseases expert…

1 month ago

Advanced RNA Sequencing Reveals the Drivers of New COVID Variants

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have developed a new technology, tARC-seq, which improves the detection of mutations in SARS-CoV-2,…

2 months ago

Study suggests staying current with COVID-19 vaccinations helps combat emerging variants

A COVID-19 vaccine is prepped at an OHSU clinic. New research from OHSU reveals a strong immune response to an…

3 months ago

Rare Genetic Variants Are Curiously Connected With Being Left-Handed : ScienceAlert

A new study has associated rare variants of specific genes with the development of left-handedness in humans.Learning how these variations…

3 months ago

Vaccine monitoring crucial as SARS-CoV-2 variants continue to evolve

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and the National Institute for Health and Care Research Biomedical Research Centre at UCLH…

4 months ago

Vaccine monitoring is crucial as SARS-CoV-2 variants continue to evolve, says study

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and the National Institute for Health and Care Research Biomedical…

4 months ago

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