A finger-prick blood test can identify people most at risk of being reinfected with COVID-19. The simple test, developed by a small biotech firm based in Cardiff (ImmunoServ Ltd) in close collaboration with Cardiff University researchers, measures the presence of immune T cells that can recognise SARS-CoV-2. Over 300 volunteers were recruited from across the UK […]
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The world’s first Covid-19 vaccine booster jab is to be administered at the University of Bradford’s cutting-edge Digital Health Enterprise Zone on June 1. The jabs are being tested as a possible precaution against variants of the coronavirus, with the trial lasting one year. The trial is being conducted by Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation […]
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Researchers have published an in-depth look at the SARS-CoV-2 mutations that have taken place during the past year in the Journal of General Virology. The review discusses the findings of over 180 research articles and follows the changes that have taken place in the SARS-CoV-2 genome, and the variants that have occurred as a result. A number of […]