“We used to say we have the tools,” he said. “The tools are getting picked off.”

Researchers have found the first experimental evidence explaining why the COVID-19 virus produces variants, such as delta and omicron, so quickly. The findings, published Sept. 13 in the journal Scientific Reports, could help scientists predict the emergence of new coronavirus strains and possibly even produce vaccines before those strains arrive.

The relatively rapid emergence of multiple COVID-19 virus variants has baffled researchers because most coronaviruses don’t mutate and evolve so quickly. That’s because they possess a built-in “proofreading” mechanism to prevent mutations as they make copies of themselves while growing and multiplying in our cells. But scientists at USC figured out the COVID-19 virus’ strategy for bypassing the proofreading: It hijacks enzymes within human cells that normally defend against viral infections, using those enzymes to alter its genome and make variants.

Researchers have discovered a key vulnerability across all major variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, including the recently emerged BA.1 and BA.2 Omicron subvariants. The weakness can be targeted by neutralizing antibodies, potentially paving the way for treatments that would be universally effective across variants.

My point is energy efficiency, not run time.

Can you run SSE2 on a Windows AMD PC and does anybody know if it brings the runtime down from around 3 hours? On a AMD 5900 X CPU

Well, by driving it is more than 440Km (fastest route, around 4 hours)

Scientists at Tel Aviv University (TAU) warn that while the CRISPR genome-editing method is very effective, it is not always safe and that sometimes, rearranging pieces of DNA compromises genomic stability, possibly triggering cancer in the long run.

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The release of a protein produced by the gene KRAS creates a biomarker that doctors can detect.

To have such unique mutations at this stage of the pandemic when the virus has mutated into hundreds, even thousands of competing strains is astounding. These mutations likely have health officials on high alert, as a wealth of new mutations could indicate increased transmissibility or immune evasion if the variant catches fire like its predecessor.

We just started another heat wave here. Do you have a feel for the percent Wattage reduction?

... also do a "chmod a+x"

A small blood sample and 24 hours might be all that's needed to find out how strong your immune system is against a first or repeat coronavirus infections. Scientists created a test that indirectly measures your T-cell response -- an important, long-term component of immunity that can last long after antibody levels fall off – to a challenge by the virus in whole blood

Scientists from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and the University of Massachusetts Medical School, in the United States, developed a “machine learning” model that can analyze millions of genomes from coronavirus samples and predict which viral variants will dominate and likely cause new waves. The model was called PyR0 and could help researchers identify which parts of the viral genome are least likely to mutate. and thus are good targets for vaccines that will work against future variants. The results were published in the journal Science.