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• New Oxford Review Questions the Definitive Efficacy of Vaping as a Smoking Cessation Tool

  Published: May 1, 2026

  Section: Research

  A narrative review published in Nicotine and Tobacco Research suggests that the perceived success of vaping in quitting cigarettes varies significantly depending on study design. W...

• Oxford University Press Study Finds SARS-CoV-2 Evolution Constrained by Rigid Spike Protein Structural Limits

  Published: Mar 26, 2026

  Section: Research

  New genomic research reveals that while the COVID-19 virus mutated rapidly, it did so within fixed genetic channels dictated by the stability of its spike protein. The study indica...

• Oxford University Press Study Reveals SARS-CoV-2 Evolution Is Tightly Constrained by Spike Protein Structural Stability

  Published: Mar 25, 2026

  Section: Health

  New research published in Genome Biology and Evolution indicates that while the COVID-19 virus evolved rapidly, its genetic adaptations were limited to pre-existing structural chan...