
Jan 18, 2021
Last Posted: Jan-18-2021 10:02:29
Twins with Covid Help Scientists Untangle the Disease’s Genetic Roots
“I want to know,” one twin said, “why did she have Covid worse than me?”
KJ Wu, NY Times, January 18, 2021
‘A bloody mess’: Confusion reigns over naming of new COVID variants
As more lineages emerge, researchers are struggling with a patchwork of nomenclature.
E Callaway, Nature News, January 15, 2021
Alarming COVID variants show vital role of genomic surveillance
D Cyranoski, Nature News, January 15, 2021
The challenges of containing SARS-CoV-2 via test-trace-and-isolate
S Contreras et al, Nat Comm, January 15, 2021
Comparative Genomics and Integrated Network Approach Unveiled Undirected Phylogeny Patterns, Co-mutational Hotspots, Functional Crosstalk and Regulatory Interactions in SARS-CoV-2
V Gupta et al, BIORXIV, January 15, 2021
Correlation of Computerized Tomography (CT) Severity Score for COVID-19 pneumonia with Clinical Outcomes
K Hilal et al, BIORXIV, January 15, 2021
Metabolic markers distinguish COVID-19 from other intensive care patients and show potential to stratify for disease risk
F Schmelter et al, MEDRXIV, January 16, 2021
Coronavirus-19 and coagulopathy: A Systematic Review [COVID-COAG]
SG Lee et al, MEDRXIV, January 16, 2021
The microbiota in pneumonia: From protection to predisposition.
Thibeault Charlotte et al. Science translational medicine 2021 Jan (576)
Polygenic risk scores in cardiovascular risk prediction: A cohort study and modelling analyses.
Sun Luanluan et al. PLoS medicine 2021 Jan (1) e1003498
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