With global food systems threatened by crop uniformity and climate stress, scientists are turning to the rich genetic ...

Scientists are closely monitoring the rapid global spread of two new Omicron subvariants, Nimbus (NB.1.8.1) and Stratus (XFG) ...

Researchers in France have reported the first compelling genetic evidence of a recombinant SARS-CoV-2 virus that contains elements of both the omicron coronavirus variant and the delta variant.

Pediatric and adult patients experienced noninferior and robust immune responses to RIV4, as well as similar safety profiles.

The WHO has classified XFG or ‘Stratus’ as a variant under monitoring. It may well become the dominant variant globally very ...

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Study: Identification of a Novel SARS-CoV-2 Delta-Omicron Recombinant Virus in the United States.Image Credit: Ivan Marc/Shutterstock. This news article was a review of a preliminary scientific ...

They give recombinant viruses a two-letter abbreviation starting with X. XA, for example, is a hybrid that arose in December 2020 from a mixture of the Alpha variant and another lineage of ...

I n the ongoing struggle of SARS-CoV-2’s genes versus our wits, the virus that causes Covid-19 relentlessly probes human defenses with new genetic gambits. New variants of this coronavirus with ...

The virus is still mutating, however, and its many offshoots are given confusing names with strings of numbers and letters. Recombinant strains are named XBF and XBB, for example.