Increased transmission in open spike conformations of SARS-CoV-2 variants
The initial strain severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was found in Wuhan, in China. Due to high transmission rates, the virus rapidly spread...
Immune Response
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Scientists show how cold could alleviate multiple sclerosis symptoms
In evolutionary biology, the “Life History Theory”, first proposed in the 1950s, postulates that when the environment is favorable, the resources used by any organism...
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SARS-CoV-2 infection inhibited by CCR2 signaling
The causal agent of the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). SARS-CoV-2 was first reported in...
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A new synthetic multiantigen MVA vaccine COH04S1 effective against SARS-CoV-2
Scientists believe that vaccinating the entire global population is the key to contain the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This pandemic is caused by...
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Researchers investigate SARS-CoV-2 specific inflammatory response
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has a wide range of symptoms. In many of the mild cases, it remains asymptomatic. However, in symptomatic cases the effects...
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis may induce resistance to secondary SARS-CoV-2 infection
A team of United States-based scientists recently conducted a study to evaluate the effect of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection on the pathogenesis of severe acute respiratory...
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Design of peptide vaccine for SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused an unprecedented global pandemic challenging public health and leading to a dramatic loss of human lives...
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Effects of COVID-19 treatment best with combination therapy
There is a steadily growing arsenal of drugs for COVID-19. Researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) and...
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Impact of tumor environments on susceptibility and course of disease in those infected with SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has infected 270 million people worldwide and killed over 5.3 million people. Cancer patients, according to studies,...
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Blocking function of a blood-clotting protein may help prevent or treat periodontal disease
Blocking function of a blood-clotting protein prevented bone loss from periodontal (gum) disease in mice, according to research led by scientists at the National Institute...
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Study investigates the local-mucosal susceptibility and innate immune response to Omicron compared to other variants
A recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server observed that the replication of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant was restricted in...
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Homologous mRNA and heterologous vaccines elicit high immune responses
Many different vaccinations have been developed and approved worldwide against severe acute respiratory syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in a remarkably short period. Although mass vaccinations have...