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Mutant Proteins from SARS-CoV-2 Block T Cells’ Ability to Recognize and Kill Infected Cells

March 5, 2021
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Washington, DC — A deep sequencing study of 747 SARS-CoV-2 virus isolates has revealed mutant peptides derived from the virus that cannot effectively bind to critical proteins on the surface of infected...

COVID-19 can Kill Heart Muscle Cells, Interfere with Contraction

March 3, 2021
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St. Louis, MO — Since early in the pandemic, COVID-19 has been associated with heart problems, including reduced ability to pump blood and abnormal heart rhythms. But it’s been an open question...

Coronavirus-Like Particles could Ensure Reliability of Simpler, Faster COVID-19 Tests

March 3, 2021
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La Jolla, CA — Rapid COVID-19 tests are on the rise to deliver results faster to more people, and scientists need an easy, foolproof way to know that these tests work correctly and the results can...

First Complete Coronavirus Model Shows Cooperation

February 26, 2021
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Austin, TX — The COVID-19 virus holds some mysteries. Scientists remain in the dark on aspects of how it fuses and enters the host cell; how it assembles itself; and how it buds off the host cell. Computational...

Research Team identifies potential drug to treat SARS-CoV-2

February 23, 2021
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College Station, TX — A federally approved heart medication shows significant effectiveness in interfering with SARS-CoV-2 entry into the human cell host, according to a new study by a research team...

Covid-19: Future Targets for Treatments Rapidly Identified with New Computer Simulations

February 19, 2021
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Coventry, UK — Researchers have detailed a mechanism in the distinctive corona of Covid-19 that could help scientists to rapidly find new treatments for the virus, and quickly test whether existing...

Immune System Protects Children from Severe COVID-19

February 18, 2021
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Victoria, Australia — Children are protected from severe COVID-19 because their innate immune system is quick to attack the virus, a new study has found. The research led by the Murdoch Children’s...

Genetic Variant Inherited from Neanderthals Reduces the Risk of Severe COVID-19

February 17, 2021
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Okinawa, Japan — SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, impacts people in different ways after infection. Some experience only mild or no symptoms at all while others become sick enough to require...

A Machine-Learning Approach to Finding Treatment Options for Covid-19

February 15, 2021
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Cambridge, MA — When the Covid-19 pandemic struck in early 2020, doctors and researchers rushed to find effective treatments. There was little time to spare. “Making new drugs takes forever,”...

Experts Discuss SARS-CoV-2 Viral Variants

February 15, 2021
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Bethesda, MD — The rise of several significant variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has attracted the attention of health and science experts worldwide. In an editorial published...

Early Functional SARS-COV-2 Specific T cell Response may Prevent Severe Infection

February 2, 2021
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Singapore — Humoral and cellular adaptive immunity are two immune mechanisms that act against pathogens. Humoral immunity is mediated by antibodies, while cellular immunity does not involve antibodies...

Researchers Develop Smartphone-Based COVID-19 Test

February 1, 2021
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Tucson, AZ — Researchers at the University of Arizona are developing a COVID-19 testing method that uses a smartphone microscope to analyze saliva samples and deliver results in about 10 minutes. The...

Remdesivir Disrupts COVID-19 Virus Better Than Other Similar Drugs

February 1, 2021
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Chicago, IL — In the treatment of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, antiviral drug remdesivir has emerged as a promising candidate. Remdesivir works by disrupting the virus’s ability...

Study details N439K variant of SARS-CoV-2

January 29, 2021
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Glasgow, UK — An international team of researchers has characterized the effect and molecular mechanisms of an amino acid change in the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein N439K. Viruses with this mutation are...

Scientists Discover How Remdesivir Works to Inhibit Coronavirus

January 29, 2021
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Austin, TX — More effective antiviral treatments could be on the way after research from The University of Texas at Austin sheds new light on the COVID-19 antiviral drug remdesivir, the only treatment...

New Biosensors Quickly Detect Coronavirus Proteins and Antibodies

January 29, 2021
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Seattle, WA — Scientists have created a new way to detect the proteins that make up the pandemic coronavirus, as well as antibodies against it. They designed protein-based biosensors that glow when...

T Cells can Mount Attacks Against many SARS-CoV-2 Targets — Even on New Virus Variant

January 28, 2021
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La Jolla, CA — A new study led by scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) suggests that T cells try to fight SARS-CoV-2 by targeting a broad range of sites on the virus–beyond the...

Ultra-Absorptive Nanofiber Swabs could Improve SARS-CoV-2 Test Sensitivity

January 27, 2021
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Omaha, NE — Rapid, sensitive diagnosis of COVID-19 is essential for early treatment, contact tracing and reducing viral spread. However, some people infected with SARS-CoV-2 receive false-negative...

Researchers Engineer Antibody that Acts Against Multiple SARS-like Viruses

January 26, 2021
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Washington, DC — Researchers have engineered an antibody that neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 with a potency that “rivals” current lead SARS-CoV-2 clinical neutralizing antibodies, and that also...

How Fast could SARS-CoV-2 be Detected?

January 26, 2021
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Beijing, China — In the past 20 years, humans have suffered several serious epidemics from emerging viruses, such as SARS, swine flu, Ebola, MERS and (most recently) SARS-CoV-2. During each epidemic,...

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