Tag: variant
AI Data Collection Startup Sapien Raises $10.5M Seed Funding Led by Variant
The Sapien team, led by Rowan Stone, the former co-creator of Coinbase’s layer 2 network Base, and Trevor Koverko, founder of Polymath and author of R [...]
Crypto Venture Funds Variant, 1kx Lead $6M Funding Round for ZK-Meets-AI Startup Modulus
The round was led by Variant and 1kx, and includes participation from Inflection, Bankless, Stanford and others. Angel investors include names in the [...]
New Covid vaccines effective against BA.2.86 variant
Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesNew Covid vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer produced a strong immune response against BA.2.86, a highly mutated om [...]
New vaccines will likely protect against Eris variant
A pharmacist prepares to administer Covid-19 vaccine booster shots during an event hosted by the Chicago Department of Public Health at the Southwest [...]
Covid vaccines this fall should target XBB variant, FDA advisors say
A woman receives a booster dose of the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a vaccination centre in Antwerp, Belgium, February 1, 2022.Jo [...]
Flu variant that hits kids and seniors harder than other strains is dominant in U.S. right now
A sign advertising flu shots is displayed at a Walgreens pharmacy on January 22, 2018 in San Francisco, California. A strong strain of H3N2 influenza [...]
Blockchain Startup Hyperlane Raises $18.5M Round Led by Crypto Investor Variant
“The current state of crypto is fragmented, as there has been a proliferation of blockchains and applications, but users on a given blockchain can’t a [...]
Crypto Fund Variant Commits $450M to Backing Web3, DeFi Projects
The firm has previously invested in privacy-focused smart contract platform Aztec Network, Ethereum-based DeFi protocol Euler Finance, Polygon and Uni [...]
The dominant BA.5 variant of Covid-19 signals we’re still not in the clear
The BA.5 Covid-19 subvariant is now the most dominant strain in the country; the highly infectious variant has caused an uptick in cases and hospit [...]
President Joe Biden likely has Covid-19 BA.5 variant; symptoms improving
President Joe Biden, who tested positive today for Covid-19 this morning, posts on Twitter "Folks, I'm doing great. Thanks for your concern. Just call [...]
A16z, Variant Lead $18M Round for Lending Protocol Morpho Labs
The protocol enhances existing lending protocols like Compound and Aave with peer-to-peer liquidity.
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New omicron XE variant detected in Japan as UK cases rise
As of April 5 2022, 1,125 cases of XE — a new scombinant subvariant — have been identified in the U.K., up from 637 on March 25.Dominic Lipinski | Pa [...]
Why the Covid-19 BA2 variant may not cause a big wave of US cases
The BA.2 omicron subvariant of the coronavirus has been on the country’s radar for months — scientists conducting wastewater surveillance noticed i [...]
China has found a new variant of COVID-19.
China added more than 13,000 new Covid-19 infections. State media report 12,000 were asymptomatic (on Saturday).The new variant was found in a case fr [...]
Omicron ‘stealth’ variant BA.2 is spreading rapidly in China
People line up for nucleic acid testing at a temporary Covid-19 testing site on March 22, 2022 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province of China.Vcg | Visual C [...]