Scientific Papers 10 December 2021 An Evolutionary Portrait of the Progenitor SARS-CoV-2 and Its Dominant Offshoots in COVID-19 Pandemic AbstractGlobal sequencing of genomes of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has continued to reveal new genetic variants that are the key to unraveling
pre-print 28 November 2021 Pre-existing humoral immunity to human common cold coronaviruses negatively impacts the protective SARS-CoV-2 antibody response Human common cold CoV (hCCCoV) antibodies before and after SARS-CoV-2 infection was assessedBetacoronavirus hCCCoV antibodies are boosted after SARS-CoV-2 infectionBaseline hCCCoV antibodies do not protect
Scientific Papers 24 May 2021 NEWS2 Score is more accurate than COVID-GRAM for prediction of Critical illness AbstractPURPOSE: Clinical scores to rapidly assess the severity illness of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) could be considered of help for clinicians. Recently, a specific score
Scientific Papers 8 May 2020 Innate Immunity against COVID-19 An article published in the Physiological Genomics (American physiological society) suggests immunomodulation through activation of the innate immune sensor toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5) as an
Scientific Papers 5 May 2020 A human monoclonal antibody blocks SARS-CoV-2 in cell culture An article published in Nature Communications reports a recombinantly expressed human chimeric 47D11 H2L2 antibody, reformatted to a fully human immunoglobulin that binded to cells
Scientific Papers 3 May 2020 Potential use of hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin and azithromycin drugs in fighting COVID-19: trends, scope and relevance Mini-Review published in New Microbes and New Infections journal (Elsevier) AbstractAlarming situation has been caused due to the emergence of COVID-19 infection around the world.
Scientific Papers 2 May 2020 Temperature and humidity decreases daily new cases and new deaths of COVID-19 Pre-print published in the science of the total environment journal (Elsevier publications) AbstractThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is the defining global health crisis of
Scientific Papers 27 April 2020 Entry points of SARS-CoV-2 mapped in study A website 'https://www.covid19cellatlas.org/' provides comprehensive mapping of potential cellular entry of coronaviruses, especially the SARS-CoV-2, which has affinity for the nasal
Scientific Papers 24 April 2020 Chest CT Findings in COVID-19 A study published in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging evaluated the chest CT findings of 104 cases with COVID-19 from the cruise ship 'Diamond Princess'. AbstractPurposeTo evaluate
Scientific Papers 23 April 2020 Viral dynamics across a spectrum of disease severity in COVID-19 A Letter to the Editor published in the Journal of Infection reports the "findings of a prospective cohort study to determine viral dynamics of SARSCoV-2
Scientific Papers 21 April 2020 Presentation & Outcomes Report from 5.7k patients of NYC A study published in the JAMA reported the characteristics, clinical presentation and outcomes of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in the US, specifically from New York
Scientific Papers 16 April 2020 Type 1 interferons as a potential treatment against COVID-19 In a review published in the NEJM, 'preliminary data concerning the potential activity of type 1 interferons on SARS-CoV-2, and the relevance of evaluating these
Scientific Papers 15 April 2020 Ventilation as critical as social distancing and hand washing, etc A paper published in NEJM advices ventilation as one of the means of removal of virus-laden droplets from indoor air since SARS-CoV-2 spreads through air.
Scientific Papers 15 April 2020 Remdesivir is a high potent direct-acting antiviral that inhibits SARS-CoV-2 A scientific paper published in Journal of Biological Chemistry informs that inhibition of RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) required for SARS-CoV-2's replication in the infected cells
Scientific Papers 14 April 2020 SARS-CoV-2 infects T lymphocytes thro Spike protein A paper published in NATURE reports that the SARS-CoV-2 virus could infect T cells through receptor-dependent, S protein-mediated membrane fusion, and the infection could be