A hidden strategy: How SARS-CoV-2 uses fibrinogen to evade the immune system
As scientists, we often think we understand a virus—its structure, its tricks, the way it moves through the body. But every ...
Scientific American4y
Inside the Coronavirus
In the graphics that follow, Scientific American presents detailed explanations, current as of mid-June, into how SARS-CoV-2 sneaks inside ... inside a fatty membrane that protects a twisting ...
Phys.org1mon
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 that increased transmissibility or helped the virus evade our immune ...
AI learns to 'speak' genetic 'dialect' for future SARS-CoV-2 mutation prediction
It's been five years since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic. As SARS-CoV-2 shifts to endemic status, questions about ...
Another novel virus found in bats with the potential to infect humans: HKU5-CoV-2
The newly discovered merbecovirus, designated HKU5-CoV-2, was isolated from Pipistrellus ... S1/S2 and S2 cleavage sites were ...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute6mon
The Virus Behind COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2). These have become household terms since the start of the global COVID-19 ...