As scientists, we often think we understand a virus—its structure, its tricks ... A recent finding in Nature showed that the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 binds with fibrinogen, leading to ...

For the study, they focused on the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein – the part of the virus responsible ... occur by looking for mutations that cause only small changes in the protein's structure and function ...

explored natural products as potential inhibitors of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein using computational methods. As described in their paper published in Volume 15 of Scientific Reports on January 2 ...

The method first takes a given SARS-CoV-2 spike protein sequence and simulates ... a measure that has been used to study protein structure and function, but never before applied to mutation ...

As compared to controls, elevated nasal levels of ACE2 and TMPRSS2 were associated with a 3.6-fold increased risk of SARS-CoV ...

Pfizer and BioNTech have started a mid-stage trial of a new version of the COVID-19 vaccine based on a version of the spike protein that ... protection against SARS-CoV-2 variants.

such as those for the spike protein, inserting the blueprints into DNA, RNA or a safe virus and injecting those into people. The Remarkable and Mysterious Coronavirus Genome The SARS-CoV-2 genome ...

as well as the spike, a protruding structure that plays a role in helping the virus attach to its victims’ cells. Sometimes, these proteins can be similar among related viruses, meaning that a protein ...

The spike protein of the coronavirus, or SARS-CoV-2, binds to ACE2, a receptor on the host cells ... “We simulated the electronic structure of the two interacting molecules and assessed how amino ...