Washington [US], July 20 (ANI): A study comparing four variants of SARS-CoV-2 shows how the Omicron variant is adept at entering cells and escaping neutralization from existing vaccines or prior infection, potentially contributing to the variant's high transmissibility.
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], June 29 (ANI): India's first indigenously developed mRNA vaccine against the COVID-19 gets the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA), to be sold under the brand name GEMCOVAC™-19 and will be rolled out soon, informed the officials on Wednesday.
Washington [US], May 6 (ANI): The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday said that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine that has been administered to more than 18 million Americans can potentially cause "life-threatening blood clots", and thereby warranted "limiting the authorized use of the vaccine."
Washington [US], March 4 (ANI): The research group at the University of Cologne's Institute of Organic Chemistry, during a recent study, has described a novel method for the enzymatic production of synthetic messenger RNA (mRNA).
Boston [US], February 9 (ANI): Scientists and researchers never fail to amaze us with their dedication to making breakthrough discoveries that can save life even from life-threatening diseases. In a recent study, a team of researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) restored the function of gene that helped in cancer suppression.
Washington [US], December 18 (ANI): According to a new study by the Mayo Clinic, mRNA therapy improves the response to cancer immunotherapy in patients, who weren't responding to the treatment.
Kiev [Ukraine], November 7 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) delivered nearly 3 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Ukraine as part of the COVAX international shot-sharing mechanism, the country's ministry of health said on Sunday.
Seoul [South Korea], November 1 (ANI/Global Economic): A large number of consortiums of pharmaceutical-bio companies and research institutes to develop mRNA (messenger ribonucleic acid) vaccines are rapidly being established. As mRNA emerges as a new paradigm for vaccines, consortiums are aiming to jointly develop not only COVID-19 vaccines but also new infectious diseases and cancer vaccines.
Tokyo [Japan], October 25 (ANI): A protein has been identified by researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) that plays a key role in how the brain regulates appetite and metabolism.
Tokyo [Japan], October 18 (ANI): Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have identified a protein that plays a key role in how the brain regulates appetite and metabolism.