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The Corona epidemic - special coverage on the knowledge site
- Weizmann Institute
Critically ill, recovering or vaccinated - how do the antibodies to corona that each of the groups produces differ and what are the unique characteristics of the antibodies acquired following vaccination
- Dr. Moshe Nahamani
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A team of researchers succeeded in developing innovative nanoparticles that could be used as "molecular traps" targeting the corona virus while binding to the virus and thereby preventing it from acting
- Avi Blizovsky
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- Dr. Moshe Nahamani
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- Science site The Conversation
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This is what a British medical microbiologist warns based on comprehensive studies from all over the world. She calls on the decision makers not to shorten the isolation and release into the environment people who may be infected * Her finding is also relevant to Israel
- Science site The Conversation
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It seems that leumicron has the ability to bypass existing immunity, either from a vaccine or in convalescents. However, it appears to be more difficult to cause severe disease in those vaccinated with the booster shot and therefore
- The Hebrew University
A new study published this month by researchers from the Hebrew University rates the effectiveness of various vaccines to prevent corona
- Tel Aviv University
Ecological discovery against the corona virus: a natural substance extracted from marine algae prevents the infection of cells with the corona virus
- Science site The Conversation
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The routine will return sooner or later, but it will be a new routine than the one we are used to until March 2020. This is according to an ongoing survey of the people of Great Britain, who were initially optimistic and thought that the epidemic would end within
- Science site The Conversation
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The omicron variant contains many mutations in the spike protein, which facilitate the penetration of the virus into cells
- Science site The Conversation
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Hunting for variants requires a concentrated effort. South Africa and the United Kingdom were the first major countries to implement national genomic surveillance efforts for SARS-CoV-2 as early as April 2020. Scientists in South Africa are sequencing the virus and studying
- Dr.Roey Tsezana
In recent days, the World Health Organization has given a unique name to the strain of the corona virus, which has undergone many mutations and may bypass some of the defenses * Dr.Roey Tsezana explains the reason for the concern
- Tel Aviv University
"Corona patients are up to three times more likely to have a stroke or a heart attack, for example. All the evidence shows that the virus severely damages the blood vessels or the endothelial cells that line the blood vessels. But
- Dr. Moshe Nahamani
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It seems that the rate of development of small molecules as drugs for corona lags behind the rate of development of treatments using vaccines and antibodies
- Weizmann Institute
The international partnership for finding a cure for Corona, which was born on Twitter based on the principles of open science, is expected to reach the clinical trial stage during 2022
- Avi Blizovsky
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A blood test that quantifies the concentration of the ACE2 protein, the cellular protein that allows the penetration of the corona viruses into the cells, as well as its segments, which are formed as a result of a reaction with the virus, could be a method
- Avi Blizovsky
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This is according to a study by researchers from the Ministry of Health and universities and hospitals in Israel that examined data from over one million Israelis aged sixty and over who were vaccinated with two vaccines at most in March 2021. The comparison was between
- The Hebrew University
A new study carried out by researchers from the Hebrew University on two districts with the highest air pollution in Israel, Gush Dan and Haifa, while taking meteorological conditions into account, reveals for the first time the effect of a significant reduction
- Weizmann Institute
This is how the corona virus disrupts the cell's antiviral warning system
- Dr.Roey Tsezana
So who is right? Those who intentionally infect or fear infection in schools? What are the effects of the virus on children? What do we know after a year and a half of illness, and a few more months of infection with the strain
- The Hebrew University
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Prof. Yaakov Nahmias from the Hebrew University proved in a clinical trial conducted at Barzilai Hospital that the drug designed to lower blood lipids reduced the inflammation caused by the corona virus within 48 hours in corona patients
- The Hebrew University
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Ariel Karlinski of the Hebrew University, one of the initiators of a research work on the global mortality data from the virus, clarifies: "In Iran we know that the difference is due to deliberate concealment. Also, 54 of the 105 countries studied in the research work I carried out
- The Hebrew University
"Unfortunately, if we rely on one channel, the vaccine channel, we may be in a situation where new variants will appear that will hit us square on the hip. The variants are a warning sign" says researcher Prof. Shay Arkin
- The Hebrew University
About a year ago, a fascinating study was published, carried out by researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Ben Gurion University of the Negev, which strengthened the connection between the BCG vaccine and protection against the corona virus * Now it turns out that the protection