A study published in mBio details the vulnerability of coronaviruses to inhibitors of a small protein domain called Mac1, or the "macrodomain," found in all coronaviruses such as SARS-CoV-2 and ...

The majority of children do not need a tonsillectomy.” But when done for the right reasons, tonsillectomy offers a meaningful ...

Could a Neanderthal gene offer protection against the severity of Covid-19? This video discusses the Gene OAS1 and its ...

The virus killed at least 20 million people, wiped at least $10 trillion from the global economy and upended billions of ...

The World Health Organization's probe into the cause of COVID-19 has not resulted in a definitive reason, with its ...

UCSF researchers designed new drug candidates that potently block MPro, a viral enzyme that's crucial for SARS-CoV-2 replication. One of these drug candidates, AVI-4516, is shown (center) bound to the ...

The study published Wednesday in Science Translational Medicine builds on work showing SARS-CoV-2 can change the structure of mitochondria and hamper energy generation.

Molecular architecture and dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 envelope by integrative modeling. Structure, 2023; DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2023.02.006 ...

3-D structure of SARS-CoV-2 nsp14 methyltransferase domain (shown in cyan) bound to its natural cofactor S-adenosylmethionine (shown in pink mesh). [Kottur, et al. Nature Structural & Molecular ...

Researchers have produced a high-resolution crystal structure of an enzyme essential to the survival of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The discovery could lead to the design of ...