Jan 11, 2024 by News Staff

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has had a tremendous impact on humanity. Prevention of transmission by disinfection of...

Nov 15, 2022 by Sergio Prostak

The global spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has called for an urgent need for the identification of compounds...

Aug 27, 2020 by News Staff

A single-dose intranasal vaccine called ChAd-SARS-CoV-2-S prevents SARS-CoV-2 infection in both the upper and lower respiratory tracts of mice, according...

Jul 17, 2020 by News Staff

Dr. Lisa Jackson of Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle and colleagues conducted a first-in-human Phase 1 clinical trial...

May 18, 2020 by News Staff

A team of researchers from Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. has isolated a new antibody that completely inhibits the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus virus in cell culture. Colorized...

May 13, 2020 by News Staff

SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease, uses a receptor called angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) to gain entry into human...

May 6, 2020 by News Staff

An analysis and structural modeling of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, the area of the virus that facilitates entry into a cell, reveals a unique feature...

Apr 21, 2020 by News Staff

A team of researchers in the Republic of Korea has successfully fabricated a promising transistor-based biosensor that detects SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus...

Apr 3, 2020 by News Staff

A trial drug called APN01 or human recombinant soluble ACE2 (hrsACE2) can significantly block early stages of SARS-CoV-2 infections, according to a paper...

Apr 1, 2020 by News Staff

Two new papers published in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy provide a summary of therapeutic compounds that showed potential in fighting...

Mar 31, 2020 by News Staff

Chemists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have chemically synthesized a new peptide (a short protein fragment) that can bind to part...

Mar 27, 2020 by News Staff

Two recent studies concluded that snakes are the intermediate hosts of SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease, and that four...

Mar 19, 2020 by News Staff

An analysis of the genomes of SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus which causes COVID-19 disease, and related coronaviruses found no evidence that the virus...

Feb 20, 2020 by News Staff

Researchers have made a breakthrough toward developing a vaccine for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, also known as 2019-nCoV, by creating the first 3D atomic...