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Innovation, Research

Clinical metagenomics, a faster approach to identify secondary infections in hospitalized COVID-19 patients

December 4, 2020

Via: The Medical News

The technique is also effective in detecting multidrug resistance genes in microbes. The study is currently available on the MedRxiv* preprint server. Extremely high infectivity of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative pathogen of coronavirus disease 2019 […]


Innovation, Research

Research uncovers SARS-CoV-2 viral traits critical for the virus in human airways

October 26, 2020

Via: The Medical News

Across the world, scientists are working frantically to develop effective therapies and vaccines against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. A new study published on the preprint server bioRxiv* in October 2020 reports the discovery of important viral […]


Innovation, Research

Molecular analysis of COVID-19’s second wave shows mutant viruses linked to rapid spread

September 24, 2020

Via: The Medical News

Molecular analysis of COVID-19’s powerful second wave in Houston – from May 12 to July 7 – shows a mutated virus strain linked to higher transmission and infection rates than the coronavirus strains that caused Houston’s first wave. Gene sequencing […]