SARS-CoV-2 is able to infect human cells by binding its spike (S ... activity by converting the latter to Ang (1-7). Virion binding to ACE2 for host cell entry leads to internalization of both via ...

Smallpox, the 1918 flu virus, and SARS-CoV-2 could all bind to cells in our mouths ... not our nasal passages is a quirk of biology. Every virion has proteins on its surface — hemagglutinin ...

Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), in collaboration with other leading institutions, have ...

As scientists, we often think we understand a virus—its structure, its tricks, the way it moves through the body. But every ...

It's been five years since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic. As SARS-CoV-2 shifts to endemic status, questions about its future evolution remain. New variants of the virus will likely emerge, ...

It's been five years since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic. As SARS-CoV-2 shifts to endemic status, questions about ...

COVID-19 has continued to alarm public health, and although several therapeutics and vaccines have been developed, the development of effective vaccines or antibodies is challenging due to mutations ...

In line with encountering the world with the emergence of vaccine-resistance variants of SARS-CoV-2, 15,669,529 samples that received COVID-19 vaccines until April 2023 were investigated as two doses ...

There are no clear criteria to mark the end of a pandemic, and the virus that causes the disease — SARS-CoV-2 — continues evolving and infecting people worldwide. “Whether the pandemic ended ...