Tag - Spike protein

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Researchers make breakthrough in fight against COVID-19

A team led by Jose Onuchic at Rice University and Paul Whitford at Northeastern University, both researchers at the National Science Foundation Physics Frontiers Center at the Center for Theoretical Biological Physics...

23 August, 2024

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This 3D model of a nanoparticle illustrates the left-handed twist that allows them to easily slot into the grooves in the virus spike protein, the part of the virus that recognizes and attaches to human cells. Because of the particle’s left-handed twist, the virus proteins bind more tightly to the particles than human cells. Image credit: Prashant Kumar, Kotov Lab, University of Michigan

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Targeting multiple COVID variants through the twist in the spike protein

Particles that gum up the keys that the virus uses to enter cells could one day be an effective COVID treatment whenever vaccines and other treatments fall short Teardrop-shaped particles designed to inactivate multiple...

20 March, 2024

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Other SARS-CoV-2 proteins are important for disease severity, aside from the spike

University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers have identified how multiple genes of SARS-CoV-2 affect disease severity, which could lead to new ways in how we develop future vaccines or develop newer treatments...

10 October, 2022

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Ultrapotent COVID-19 vaccine candidate designed via computer

An innovative nanoparticle vaccine candidate for the pandemic coronavirus produces virus-neutralizing antibodies in mice at levels ten-times greater than is seen in people who have recovered from COVID-19 infections...

3 November, 2020

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