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Hidden States of the COVID-19 Spike Protein

October 26, 2020
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Austin, TX — The virus wreaking havoc on our lives is an efficient infection machine. Comprised of only 29 proteins (compared to our 400,000), with a genome 1/200,000 the size of ours, SARS-CoV-2 is...

Observed COVID-19 Variability may Have Underlying Molecular Sources

October 26, 2020
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Riverside, CA — People have different susceptibilities to SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind the COVID-19 pandemic, and develop varying degrees of fever, fatigue, and breathing problems — common symptoms...

Tracking the SARS-CoV-2 Virus with Genome Sequencing

October 26, 2020
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Chapel Hill, NC — A study published in Cell Reports shows how next generation genetic sequencing can track mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which can in effect help with transmission tracing,...

Crystal Structure of SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid Protein RNA Binding Domain Reveals Potential Unique Drug Targeting Sites

October 22, 2020
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County Clare, Ireland — The outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus continues to cause human infection and mortality worldwide. Currently, there are no specific viral...

Researchers Discovered the Second ‘Key’ Used by the SARS-CoV-2 Virus to Enter into Human Cells

October 22, 2020
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Helsinki, Finland — To efficiently infect human cells, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is able to use a receptor called Neuropilin-1, which is very abundant in many human tissues including...

Viral ‘Molecular Scissor’ is Next COVID-19 Drug Target

October 20, 2020
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San Antonio, TX — American and Polish scientists, reporting Oct. 16 in the journal Science Advances, laid out a novel rationale for COVID-19 drug design – blocking a molecular “scissor”...

Novel Antiviral Strategy for Treatment of COVID-19

October 19, 2020
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Hong Kong, China — A research team led by Professor Hongzhe SUN, Norman & Cecilia Yip Professor in Bioinorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, and Professor Kwok Yung YUEN,...

Setting a TRAP for Pandemic-Causing Viruses

October 12, 2020
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Nagoya, Japan — A research team led by Nagoya University scientists in Japan has developed an approach that can quickly find synthetic proteins that specifically bind to important targets, such as...

Severe COVID-19 Infection Linked to Overactive Immune Cells

October 12, 2020
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London, UK — Samples from the lungs of patients show a runaway immune system reaction could be one mechanism behind severe COVID-19 cases. When infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, many people...

Every COVID-19 Case Seems Different; These Scientists Want to Know Why

October 8, 2020
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La Jolla, CA — As scientists around the world develop life-saving COVID-19 vaccines and therapies, many are still wondering exactly why the disease proves deadly in some people and mild in others. To...

Researcher Unveils Sensor that Rapidly Detects COVID-19 Infection

October 5, 2020
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Pasadena, CA — One feature of the COVID-19 virus that makes it so difficult to contain is that it can be easily spread to others by a person who has yet to show any signs of infection. The carrier...

New Research Provides Clues on Optimizing Cell Defenses when Viruses Attack

October 1, 2020
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La Jolla, CA — Science’s pursuits of unraveling how human cells fight viral infections kicked into high gear in 2020 with the devastating emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. A study published...

3D Printed Nasal Swabs Work as Well as Commercial Swabs for COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing

September 28, 2020
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Tampa, FL — As COVID-19 quickly spread worldwide this spring, shortages of supplies, including the nasopharyngeal (nasal) swabs used to collect viral samples, limited diagnostic testing. Now, a...

Scientists Discover Genetic and Immunologic Underpinnings of Some Cases of Severe COVID-19

September 28, 2020
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Bethesda, MD — New findings by scientists at the National Institutes of Health and their collaborators help explain why some people with COVID-19 develop severe disease. The findings also may provide...

Exercise Hormone may Modulate Genes Associated with Replication of Novel Coronavirus

September 24, 2020
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São Paulo, Brazil — A study conducted by researchers at São Paulo State University (UNESP) suggests that irisin, a hormone secreted from muscles in response to exercise, could have a therapeutic effect...

Study Shows First Proof that Safer UV Light Effectively Kills Virus Causing COVID-19

September 21, 2020
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Hiroshima, Japan — A study conducted by Hiroshima University researchers found that using Ultraviolet C light with a wavelength of 222 nanometers which is safer to use around humans effectively kills...

Biomarker Predicts Who will have Severe COVID-19

September 21, 2020
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Daejeon, South Korea — Airway cell analyses showing an activated immune axis could pinpoint the COVID-19 patients who will most benefit from targeted therapies. – KAIST researchers have identified...

Scientists Uncover the Structural Mechanism of Coronavirus Receptor Binding

September 21, 2020
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London, UK — The spike protein on the surface of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus can adopt at least ten distinct structural states, when in contact with the human virus receptor ACE2, according to research...

Rapid Test for Covid-19 Shows Improved Sensitivity

September 21, 2020
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Cambridge, MA — Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, researchers at MIT and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, along with their collaborators at the University of Washington, Fred Hutchinson...

Scientists Develop Method to Safely Study COVID-19, Other Contagious Diseases

September 21, 2020
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Washington, DC — Scientists and researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), submitted their findings to ACS Nano, a monthly peer-reviewed...

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