Scientists believe bats first transmitted SARS-CoV-2 to humans in December 2019, and while the virus has since evolved into several variants such as delta and omicron, a new study indicates the virus is still highly transmissible ...
Ecology
Dec 2, 2022
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Scientists have discovered why some coronaviruses are more likely to cause severe disease, which has remained a mystery until now. Researchers of the University of Bristol-led study, published in Science Advances today (November ...
Biochemistry
Nov 23, 2022
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If you're an avid reader of science news, you've probably heard of viral proteins such as the COVID-19 spike protein.
Biochemistry
Sep 26, 2022
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One of the essential factors the COVID-19 virus needs to enter a host is a receptor on a human cell—a place where the universally recognized spike protein can latch onto the cell surface, pierce it, disgorge its infectious ...
Biochemistry
Sep 22, 2022
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SARS-CoV-2 is constantly mutating and each new variant often catches the world by surprise. Take for example the highly mutated omicron variant that emerged last November and required health authorities to develop a rapid ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 5, 2022
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Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, images of the coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, have been seared in our minds. But the way we picture the virus, typically as a sphere with spikes, is not strictly accurate. Microscope images ...
General Physics
Aug 31, 2022
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Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have been able to produce antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in hen eggs. Antibodies harvested from eggs might be used to treat COVID-19 or as a preventative measure ...
Biotechnology
Jul 13, 2022
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When the coronavirus causing COVID-19 infects human cells, the cell's protein-processing machinery makes modifications to the spike protein that render it more flexible and mobile, which could increase its ability to infect ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 5, 2022
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Of the three groups of rotavirus that cause gastroenteritis in people, called groups A, B and C, groups A and C affect mostly children and are the best characterized. On the other hand, of group B, which causes severe diarrhea ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 9, 2022
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The rapid emergence of new strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has diminished the protection offered by COVID-19 vaccines. A new approach developed by researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) now provides an alternative ...
Biochemistry
Jun 6, 2022
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