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ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine prevents SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia in rhesus macaques Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in December 20191,2 and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic3. Vaccines are an essential countermeasure urgently needed to control the pandemic4. Here, we show that the adenovirus-vectored vaccine ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, encoding the...

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Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Spain (ENE-COVID): a nationwide, population-based seroepidemiological study The majority of the Spanish population is seronegative to SARS-CoV-2 infection, even in hotspot areas. Most PCR-confirmed cases have detectable antibodies, but a substantial proportion of people with symptoms compatible with COVID-19 did not have a PCR test and at least a third of infections determi...

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01266-z

Pseudoscience and COVID-19 — we’ve had enough already The scientific community must take up cudgels in the battle against bunk.

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https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/03/03/science.abb2762?utm_campaign=SciMag&utm_source=JHubbard&utm_medium=Facebook

Structural basis for the recognition of the SARS-CoV-2 by full-length human ACE2 Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is the cellular receptor for SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that is causing the serious epidemic COVID-19. Here we present cryo-EM structures of full-length human ACE2, in the presence of a neutral amino acid transporter BAT1,....

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/indian-scientists-must-try-to-work-on-interesting-subjects/article30646858.ece

TNQ Distinguished Lectures: Indian scientists must try to work on interesting subjects, says Nobel Laureate Venki Ramakrishnan Potential to do crucial work in the country: Nobel laureate

https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/india/science-flourishes-when-there-is-freedom-of-thought-says-nobel-laureate-venkatraman-ramakrishnan?fbclid=IwAR02FBXajy3j-V89iF8MgTen0bt2-xmnYm8Jit6yg20xwj_jx5hvWEG_Whc

Science flourishes when there is freedom of thought, says Nobel laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan The nobel laureate rued the fact that India has failed to do enough in field of scientific research despite the fact that the country’s Constitution stresses on the need of scientific temperament

https://thewire.in/the-sciences/if-scientists-dont-speak-out-today-who-will-be-left-to-defend-science-tomorrow

If Scientists Don't Speak out Today, Who Will Be Left to Defend Science Tomorrow? An open letter to Prof Subhasis Chaudhri, director of IIT Bombay, following his silence over Union minister Ramesh Pokhriyal's pseudoscientific claims at a recent convocation ceremony.