His research involves studying the structure of viruses and how they interface with ... like the ones Kuhn studies are becoming more of an outbreak risk. The SARS-CoV-2 virus, the cause of the ...

Kei Sato was looking for his next big challenge five years ago when it smacked him — and the world — in the face. The ...

Shi Zhengli, a leading virologist, became known as “Bat Woman” for her work on coronaviruses. She has spent decades studying ...

SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, infects cells by binding its spike protein to angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: COVID-19 myths have spread just about as quickly as the disease itself, but one myth in particular just won't go away: that SARS-CoV-2, the virus ...

Noda and Hashiguchi began working together shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic began, and are now trying uncover the atomic structure of the SARS-CoV-2 virus to better understand its pathogenesis.

But to some, the coronavirus outbreak is reminiscent of epidemics that have caused a panic in recent memory, including SARS, MERS, the Zika virus, and swine flu. So how exactly does the ...

There was a second, much smaller outbreak of SARS in 2004, linked to a medical lab in China. It probably occurred as a result of direct contact with the virus, rather than being transmitted from ...

The SARS-CoV-2 virus has been observed to infect human neurons ... where the virus is first taken up into an intracellular structure known as an endosome. In the endosome, enzymes such as cathepsins ...

a protruding structure that plays a role in helping the virus attach to its victims’ cells. Sometimes, these proteins can be similar among related viruses, meaning that a protein making up the shell ...

If that remained true, the virus would not change much to become more dangerous soon, and any vaccine could provide years of durable protection. What actually happened was that SARS-CoV-2 began ...

SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19 ... However, mutations in the spike protein can alter its structure, reducing the effectiveness of these inhibitors. In a significant breakthrough ...