Leftover COVID spike fragments kill crucial immune cells but are less deadly in omicron

New research shows that after the body's defenses kill the virus behind COVID-19, leftover digested chunks of SARS-CoV-2 ...
Science Daily

SARS-CoV-2 'steals' our proteins to protect itself from the immune system

Researchers have discovered that SARS-CoV-2 hijacks three important host proteins that dampen the activity of the complement system, a key component of early antiviral immunity. This significantly ...
UC San Francisco

Could this Molecule be ‘Checkmate’ for Coronaviruses like SARS-CoV-2?

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 New York Times

Genetic Study Retraces the Origins of Coronaviruses in Bats

As China and the United States trade charges of a lab leak, researchers contend in a new paper that the Covid pandemic got its start, like a previous one, in the wildlife trade. By Carl Zimmer In the ...