Tag: SARS-CoV-2

Research Reveals Machine-Learning Model Can Distinguish Antibody Targets

April 22, 2022
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Champaign, IL — A new study shows that it is possible to use the genetic sequences of a person’s antibodies to predict what pathogens those antibodies will target. Reported in the journal Immunity,...

COVID-19 Can Directly Infect and Damage Human Kidney Cells, Study Finds

April 22, 2022
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Durham, NC — The virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, can directly infect a specialized type of kidney cell. The discovery helps explain why acute kidney injury is one of the main complications...

Study Reveals How to Rejuvenate the Immune System of Elderly People and Reduce Their Risk of Infectious Disease

April 12, 2022
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Irvine, CA — A new study, led by researchers from the University of California, Irvine, identifies a reason for why older adults are significantly more susceptible to infectious diseases than younger...

New Method for Making Tissue Transparent Could Speed the Study of Many Diseases

March 29, 2022
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La Jolla, CA—Scientists at Scripps Research have unveiled a new tissue-clearing method for rendering large biological samples transparent. The method makes it easier than ever for scientists to visualize...

Tannic Acid Targets Key Stages in the Fight Against Sars-Cov-2 Infection

March 9, 2022
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Quebec City, Canada — Professor Charles Ramassamy and his postdoctoral researcher Mohamed Haddad at Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), in collaboration with scientists from Université...

New 3D Atomistic Imagery Created of SARS-CoV-2 Shows How Virus Uses Spike Protein to Fuse With and Infect Human Cells

March 8, 2022
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Los Alamos, NM — New computer models and simulations from Los Alamos National Laboratory are showing researchers how the virus that causes COVID-19 manages to use its spike protein to fuse with and...

Mutations in SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Receptor-Binding Domains May Result in Escape Variants Resistant to Therapeutics and Vaccines

March 2, 2022
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San Francisco, CA — The SARS-CoV-2 virus is continuously evolving and structural changes to the virus may impact the efficacy of antibody therapies and vaccines. A study publishing February 17th in...

Building Synthetic Virus Particles to Study Sars-CoV-2

February 23, 2022
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Munich, Germany — Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg and their collaborators at the Max Planck Bristol Center for Minimal Biology at the University of Bristol...

COVID-19 Genetic Risk Variant Protects Against HIV, Research Finds

February 22, 2022
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Leipzig, Germany — Some people become seriously ill when infected with SARS-CoV-2 while others have only mild symptoms or no symptoms at all. In addition to risk factors such as advanced age and chronic...

Study Finds COVID-19 Less Severe in Fully Vaccinated

February 1, 2022
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Oak Brook, IL – The clinical and imaging characteristics of COVID-19 breakthrough infections in fully vaccinated patients tend to be milder than those of partially vaccinated or unvaccinated patients,...

Reducing COVID-19 Risk During Dentist Appointments

January 31, 2022
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Leeds, UK — Dentists could significantly increase the number of patients they see during the pandemic by switching the drills they use, according to new research. The study investigated whether...

Hyperimmune Intravenous Immunoglobulin Does Not Improve Outcomes for Adults Hospitalized With COVID-19

January 28, 2022
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Bethesda, MD — A clinical trial has found that the combination of remdesivir plus a highly concentrated solution of antibodies that neutralize SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is not more...

Researchers Create Test to Quickly Identify COVID-19 Infection and Disease Severity

January 27, 2022
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Washington, DC – George Washington University researchers have developed a blood test that quickly detects if someone has COVID-19 and predicts how severely the immune system will react to the infection,...

Study Details Changes in Omicron’s Spike Protein

January 25, 2022
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Seattle, WA — An international team of scientists has determined the precise structural changes in the spike protein of the omicron variant. Their observations explain how the virus is able to evade...

Scientists Unveil First Molecular-Level Analysis of Omicron Spike Protein

January 21, 2022
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Vancouver, BC, Canada — Researchers at UBC’s faculty of medicine have conducted the world’s first molecular-level structural analysis of the Omicron variant spike protein. The findings were published...

Nano-Sized Vesicles With ACE2 Receptor Could Prevent, Treat Infection From Current and Future Strains of SARS-CoV-2

January 20, 2022
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Houston, TX and Chicago, IL ― Scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Northwestern Medicine have identified natural extracellular vesicles containing the ACE2 protein (evACE2)...

Scientists Urge Pursuit of Universal Coronavirus Vaccine

December 16, 2021
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Bethesda, MD — A growing body of scientific evidence, considered together with ecological reality, strongly suggests that novel coronaviruses will continue to infect bats and other animal reservoirs...

Researchers Develop Sugar-Coated COVID-19 Test Strip

December 15, 2021
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Chapel Hill, NC – Even those tracking each new discovery about the coronavirus and its variants may not be aware of the virus’ sugar cravings. Researchers at the University of North Carolina at...

A Medication Against SARS-CoV-2 – New Strategy Promises Protection Also Against Future SARS-CoV-2 Variants

December 14, 2021
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Munich, Germany — Vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus have been made possible by an unprecedented worldwide partnership. But medications against Covid-19 have as yet seen only partial success. With...

Changes in the Blood, Not the Heart, May Underlie Cardiac Thrombosis in COVID-19 Patients

December 8, 2021
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Philadelphia, PA — Researchers examined autopsy tissue samples of hearts from patients who died early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Frequent and extensive blood clots (thromboses) within heart vessels...

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