Test positivity for common cold coronaviruses significantly declined following widespread SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine say their new studies suggest that the first pandemic-accelerating mutation in the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, evolved as a way to correct ...

The SARS-CoV-2 virus can infect cells of the inner ear, including hair cells, which are critical for both hearing and balance, a new study suggests. Researchers also found that the pattern of ...

The key discovery is that the SARS-CoV-2 virus need not enter a cell to disturb its function in profound ways; it may be sufficient for the spike (S) protein to simply bind to the outside of a ...

Dec. 18, 2020 — A new study found that moderate temperature increases on glass surfaces broke down SARS-CoV-2 virus-like particles structure, while humidity had very little impact.

The vast majority of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 clear the virus, but those with compromised immunity—such as individuals receiving immune-suppressive drugs for autoimmune diseases—can ...

Preliminary scientific report. Gourdelier, M. et al. (2022) "Optimized production and fluorescent labelling of SARS-CoV-2 Virus-Like-Particles to study virus assembly and entry".

Immunization with the SARS‐CoV‐2 VLPs could not prevent in vivo replication of the challenge virus; however, the viral titers and disease pathology markers were reduced compared to the control ...

Illumina’s Staff Product Manager of Infectious Disease Michael Oberholzer, Ph.D., and Chief Medical Officer Phil Febbo, M.D., offer their perspective on the novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (2019 ...

Between September to January of this year, mink in three Polish farms tested positive for the pandemic coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2— presenting a concerning mystery as to how the animals became infected.