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How China's 'Bat Woman' Hunted Down Viruses from SARS to the New Coronavirus
Shi Zhengli, a leading virologist, became known as “Bat Woman” for her work on coronaviruses. She has spent decades studying ...
Predicting SARS-CoV-2 variant infectivity with biophysical principles
When the COVID-19 pandemic first began, we saw how quickly the SARS-CoV-2 virus evolved. New variants emerged with mutations ...
Nature5d
Four ways COVID changed virology: lessons from the most sequenced virus of all time
The man’s case didn’t give rise to any widespread variant, but it gave Gupta, with his HIV evolution background, the idea ...
CeSPIACE: A broad-spectrum peptide inhibitor against variable SARS-CoV-2 spikes
Frequent mutations of SARS-CoV-2 have reduced the effectiveness of vaccines, highlighting the need for mutation-resistant ...
Texas Public Radio1d
How the pandemic changed the world of disease control for worse -- and for better
Five years after the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic, there has been progress — and backsliding in the ...
German inquiry suggests COVID-19 virus may have leaked from Wuhan lab
New findings add weight to the theory that COVID-19 originated at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Experts point to lax ...
KERA News5d
5 years into the pandemic, the COVID-19 virus keeps changing
The virus that causes COVID-19 continues to mutate. Scientists say that's likely to continue indefinitely, and the virus will ...
News Medical on MSN3d
Scientists reveal how Epstein-Barr virus reactivation triggers MIS-C in children
Scientists reveal that reactivation of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), driven by TGFβ-induced immune suppression, is a key driver ...