Funding: This work was supported by Columbia University Dean’s Office Fund and Columbia University Translational Therapeutics (TRx) Pilot Award (to M.Y.). The funders had no role in study design, data ...
The wiggly ‘tail’ at the end of the coronavirus envelope protein could help explain why some coronavirus diseases are more virulent than others, a young African researcher has found. Once considered a ...
In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers investigated severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) envelope (E) protein activity in terms of calcium ...
Researchers say the findings could help in developing antiviral treatments that could block the ‘newly discovered interaction between virus and host’. Sign up for the top news stories every day to ...
Despite vaccines and treatments, SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—continues to pose a global health threat, driven by new variants and its ability to hijack human cells in ways that still ...
In a recent study published in the journal Nature, researchers use cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) in tandem with molecular dynamics simulation to reveal that the usually closed spike proteins ...
Researchers have demonstrated a potential route of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein damaging the heart. In a study evaluating mice and human heart cells, the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein inflamed the heart ...