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    Pirola variant of Covid rediscovers entry pathway into lung cells

    2024-01-10T12:14:00Z

    Researchers have discovered that the Pirola variant enters lung cells with high efficiency and uses the cellular enzyme TMPRSS2 for entry, thereby exhibiting parallels to variants Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta.

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    New SARS-CoV-2 variant Eris on the rise

    2023-09-18T09:21:00Z

    The EG.5 lineage of SARS-CoV-2, known as Eris, which has been spreading globally, has been found to be able to escape neutralizing antibodies better than other currently circulating SARS-CoV-2 lineages.