Covid-19: will the mutation of the virus ever stop?
The mutation of viruses is a natural phenomenon. It is possible that this process will stop on its own...or that ...
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Variants: how they form and could make vaccines ineffective
In chronic infection, viral replication is prolonged and the opportunities for the virus to mutate increase. These mutations lead to ...
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English, South African and Japanese variants: “We must vaccinate massively before SARS-Cov-2 takes another form”
English, South African... and soon Japanese? Variants of Covid-19 have entered French territory via imported cases, and are spreading in ...
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Covid-19: the British variant present in Ile de France but out of the question in Rennes
Nine people had tested positive for a variant form of Covid-19, in a long-term care unit of the Geriatric Center ...
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The English variant detected in a family cluster in Bouches-du-Rhône
A person has tested positive for the Sars-CoV-2 mutation in Marseille. Research is underway to detect other potential cases around ...
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Covid-19: the mutation discovered in the United Kingdom is “50% to 74%” more contagious
A study confirms that the new variant of the virus, dubbed VOC 202012/01, is more contagious. The authors of the ...
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Evolution could partly explain the high risk of cancer in humans
A study carried out by researchers at the University of San Diego (USA) hypothesizes that advanced cancers in humans, even ...
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Three questions about the new mutation of the Covid-19 virus
Last week, the British Minister of Health indicated that a new strain of Covid-19 had appeared in the south of ...
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Covid-19: what do we know about the new strain of the virus detected in England?
More virulent, this new strain of SARS-CoV-2 has been detected in the south-east of England and has already infected more ...
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Cancer: a gene that promotes metastases and resistance to treatment identified
One of the genes whose mutations are frequently implicated in cancer has been identified for the first time. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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Would it have become more contaminating? Imbroglio on SARS-CoV-2 mutations
While a new study claims that mutations in SARS-CoV-2 do not increase the transmissibility of the virus, another points to ...
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Why ‘mink coronavirus’ may return in the future
Certain animal species could carry and transmit a new strain of the coronavirus, among themselves but also potentially to humans ...
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Has SARS-CoV-2 become more contagious?
A mutation of SQARS-CoV-2 has been observed by American scientists. It would make the coronavirus more contagious but without worsening ...
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Mutations of SARS-CoV-2: “We don’t know how things will turn out”
Etienne Simon-Lorière, head of the Evolutionary Genomics of RNA Viruses Unit at the Pasteur Institute, disentangles the true from the ...
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The Covid-19 would have known an overmutation according to Didier Raoult, what does science say about it?
Professor Didier Raoult mentioned a possible “overmutation” of Covid-19, indicating that this reveals a “degradation of organisms (of the virus)”. ...
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Mutations in the virus would be minimal, making possible the development of a unique vaccine
The end of the debate on possible mutations of the Covid-19 virus? An American team assures that he would have ...
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Covid-19: the epidemic could have been accelerated by a mutation of the virus
SARS-CoV-2 would have become more easily transmissible following a mutation affecting the protein that allows it to infect cells in ...
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Covid-19: has the virus mutated into a more contagious form?
According to American research, the virus is now more contagious, following a mutation that occurred in February in Europe. Other ...
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Europe affected by deadliest strain of coronavirus?
Since its emergence, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has undergone many more mutations than researchers previously thought. A Chinese study takes stock ...
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Cystic fibrosis: a combination of three molecules would be effective in treating the disease
The treatment would cure the most common form of cystic fibrosis. Two hundred children are born with cystic fibrosis each ...
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Childhood flu: a genetic mutation responsible for some serious cases
© GettyImagesThe flu is, for most patients, only a transient viral infection which causes fever and body aches and disappears ...
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Malaria: a genetic mutation threatens millions of Africans
© iStockWhereas the World Health Organization (WHO) hopes to reduce, or even eradicate malaria by 2030 while working on a ...
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Genetic mutation reduces cardiovascular risk
As we know, the fats circulating in the blood are linked to the risk of cardiovascular disease. This "fat" takes ...
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Alzheimer’s: the “loss” of the Y chromosome increases the risk
Loss of the male Y chromosome may be linked to Alzheimer's disease. Men who have this mutation are 2.8 times ...
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Mutation explains why Amish people live longer
A genetic mutation in the Indiana Amish population protects against aging and increases the length of life. This is the ...
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Zika: microcephaly would be linked to a single mutation
A genetic mutation that appeared in 2013 would have given the Zika virus the ability to disrupt the neurodevelopment of ...
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Flu: a universal vaccine under study
A new type of vaccine has been devised to cover almost all strains of the influenza virus. It would replace ...
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Multiple sclerosis: the main genetic mutation identified
Researchers have discovered a genetic mutation linked to the development of multiple sclerosis. A first which offers hope for new ...
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A mutation makes ‘good’ cholesterol harmful
A genetic mutation changes the action of HDL cholesterol. From "good" it becomes bad increasing the risk of coronary heart ...
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Drunkenness explained by a genetic mutation
© iStockResearchers from 5 British universities conducted a scientific study on alcohol dependence and found that a genetic mutation would ...
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