First “variant of concern” evolved to evade immune system
The Alpha variant of SARS-CoV-2—the first “variant of concern”—evolved mutations that allowed it to more efficiently suppress the immune system’s ...
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Dominant Alpha variant evolved to evade our innate immune system
The SARS-CoV-2 Alpha (B.1.1.7) variant mutated to evade our ‘innate immune system’, helping establish it as the world’s first ‘Variant ...
COVID-19 Delta variant may have increased ability to evade vaccine-induced immunity
Vaccines are effective in decreasing hospitalization and deaths from COVID-19 infection but the emergence of viral variants of concern may ...
The world’s largest ammonite species evolved to reach diameters of 1.5-1.8m around 80 million years ago, possibly to evade predation
The world’s largest ammonite species evolved to reach diameters of 1.5-1.8m around 80 million years ago, possibly to evade predationCredit: ...
Delta and Delta Plus evade the antibody response
The emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 variants that can spread rapidly and undermine vaccine-induced immunity threatens the end of the COVID-19 ...
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Climate change reveals unique artefacts in melting ice patches
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University of Kentucky receives renewed $11.4 million grant to further cancer research
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Congratulations to the 2022 American Ornithological Society (AOS) award winners
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Tiny robotic crab is smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot
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Community-led science uncovers high air pollution from fracking in Ohio county
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Dutch researchers teleport quantum information across rudimentary quantum network