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“So, I am redoing my annual BSL-3 facility training, and this is how we have to dress to work with #SARSCoV2 in the Lab. I am investigating the same strain that is circulating everywhere, Omicron variants KP.2 and KP.3. What do you think? 🙇
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“Now, in a new study published in Cell, Small and colleagues demonstrate exactly why scientists still don't know how the NiRAN domain works. The findings could have sweeping implications for drug developers already working to design antivirals based on flawed assumptions, and underscore the importance of rigorous validation.
‘It is absolutely important that structures be accurate for medicinal chemistry, especially when we're talking about a critical target for antivirals that is the subject of such intense interest in industry,’"
U.S. 🇺🇲 Sees 2.009 Million COVID-19 Cases in a Week as COVID-19 Transmission Exceeds to 33.6%
Currently 1 in 167 Americans Infected with COVID-19.
“The NB.1.8.1 variant (Nimbus) causes four distinguished symptoms as follows:
- A sore throat that feels like razor blades,
- Sudden loss of appetite,
- Muscle aches in unusual areas,
- Irritating nasal congestion that lingers.”
“Current transmission (red line) closely tracks that of summer 2023 (yellow line).
We expect to break 500k daily infections between July 9 and the end of July.”
"Thailand logs 76,161 new Covid-19 cases and 40 deaths from June 8–14, with Bangkok topping the list"