[HTML][HTML] Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP): the better sibling of PCR?

M Soroka, B Wasowicz, A Rymaszewska - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
In 1998, when the PCR technique was already popular, a Japanese company called Eiken
Chemical Co., Ltd. designed a method known as the loop-mediated isothermal amplification …

Protease targeted COVID-19 drug discovery and its challenges: Insight into viral main protease (Mpro) and papain-like protease (PLpro) inhibitors

SA Amin, S Banerjee, K Ghosh, S Gayen… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) brutally perils physical and
mental health worldwide. Unavailability of effective anti-viral drug rendering global threat of …

Mutations strengthened SARS-CoV-2 infectivity

J Chen, R Wang, M Wang, GW Wei - Journal of molecular biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infectivity is a major
concern in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) prevention and economic reopening …

[HTML][HTML] Mucosal vaccines for SARS-CoV-2: scientific gaps and opportunities—workshop report

JM Knisely, LE Buyon, R Mandt, R Farkas… - npj Vaccines, 2023 - nature.com
On November 7th and 8th, 2022, The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
(NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), The Coalition for Epidemic …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 mutations in the United States suggests presence of four substrains and novel variants

R Wang, J Chen, K Gao, Y Hozumi, C Yin… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 has been mutating since it was first sequenced in early January 2020. Here,
we analyze 45,494 complete SARS-CoV-2 geneome sequences in the world to understand …

[HTML][HTML] Amplification-free RNA detection with CRISPR–Cas13

H Shinoda, Y Taguchi, R Nakagawa, A Makino… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
CRISPR-based nucleic-acid detection is an emerging technology for molecular diagnostics.
However, these methods generally require several hours and could cause amplification …

Current and perspective diagnostic techniques for COVID-19

X Yuan, C Yang, Q He, J Chen, D Yu, J Li… - ACS infectious …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Since late December 2019, the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19; previously known as
2019-nCoV) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) …

The Omicron (B. 1.1. 529) variant of SARS-CoV-2 binds to the hACE2 receptor more strongly and escapes the antibody response: Insights from structural and …

A Khan, H Waris, M Rafique, M Suleman… - International journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract As SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) continues to
inflict chaos globally, a new variant officially known as B. 1.1. 529 was reported in South …

[HTML][HTML] Next-generation sequencing (NGS) in COVID-19: a tool for SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis, monitoring new strains and phylodynamic modeling in molecular …

G John, NS Sahajpal, AK Mondal, S Ananth… - Current issues in …, 2021 - mdpi.com
This review discusses the current testing methodologies for COVID-19 diagnosis and
explores next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 …

[HTML][HTML] Prediction and mitigation of mutation threats to COVID-19 vaccines and antibody therapies

J Chen, K Gao, R Wang, GW Wei - Chemical science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Antibody therapeutics and vaccines are among our last resort to end the raging COVID-19
pandemic. They, however, are prone to over 5000 mutations on the spike (S) protein …