Authors: Anne Trafton MIT News First Published May 17, 2021 In early 2020, a few months after the Covid-19 pandemic began, scientists were able to sequence the full genome of […]
Understanding COVID-19 through genome-wide association studies
Authors: Tom H. Karlsen Nature Genetics volume 54, pages368–369 (2022)Cite this article 8742 Accesses 1 Citations 87 Altmetric Defining the most appropriate phenotypes in genome-wide association studies of COVID-19 is challenging, and two new publications demonstrate […]
COVID-19 outcomes and the human genome
Authors: Michael F. Murray MD, Eimear E. Kenny PhD, Marylyn D. RitchiePhD, Daniel J. Rader MD, Allen E. Bale MD, Monica A. Giovanni MS, CGC & Noura S. Abul-Husn MD, PhD Genetics in Medicine volume 22, pages1175–1177 BACKGROUND In the […]
COVID-19 alters human genes, explaining mystery behind coronavirus ‘long haulers’
Authors: Chris Melore Published APRIL 28, 2021 Study Finds For some COVID-19 patients, getting over their infection is just the beginning of the recovery. Over the last year, COVID “long […]
Chair of Lancet COVID-19 Commission: Investigate Origins of COVID
Authors: Michelle Edwards -May 24, 2022 The Chairman of The Lancet’s COVID-19 Commission has called for an independent inquiry into the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Jeffrey Sachs, a world-renowned economics […]
Whole genome sequencing reveals host factors underlying critical Covid-19
Authors: Athanasios Kousathanas, Erola Pairo-Castineira, J. Kenneth BaillieArticle Published: 07 March 2022 nature articles article We are providing an unedited version of this manuscript to give early access to its findings. Before final publication, the […]
STUDY: PFIZER VACCINE FUSES WITH HUMAN DNA IN THE LIVER: CAUTION
Authors: Jules Gomes • ChurchMilitant.com • March 2, 2022 The mRNA from Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine converts into DNA within six hours of entering the body’s liver cells according to a groundbreaking study by Swedish researchers […]
Close relatives of MERS-CoV in bats use ACE2 as their functional receptors
Authors: Qing Xiong, View ORCID , , ei Cao, Chengbao Ma, Chen Liu, Junyu Si, Peng Liu, Mengxue Gu, Chunli Wang, Lulu Shi, Fei Tong, Meiling Huang, Jing Li, Chufeng Zhao, Chao Shen, Yu Chen, Huabin Zhao, Ke Lan, Xiangxi Wang, Huan Yan Summary Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and several bat coronaviruses employ Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP4) as […]
The Epidemiology, Transmission, and Diagnosis of COVID-19
Authors: By: Neesha C. Siriwardane & Rodney Shackelford, DO, Ph.D. April 15, 2020 Introduction to COVID-19 Coronaviruses are enveloped single-stranded RNA viruses of the Coronaviridae family and order Nidovirales (1). The viruses are named for […]
The origin of SARS-CoV-2 furin cleavage site remains a mystery
Authors: By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD Feb 17 2021 The ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has largely defied attempts […]