The Remarkable and Mysterious Coronavirus Genome The SARS-CoV-2 genome is a strand of RNA that is about 29,900 bases long--near the limit for RNA viruses. Influenza has about 13,500 bases ...

The question of the origin of SARS-CoV-2 continues to occupy scientists, the media, and the public intensely even 5 years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Where the virus came from ...

Researchers used AI models to design antibodies that neutralize over 1,300 SARS-CoV-2 strains, including Delta and Omicron.

In the study, the scientists performed bulk RNA sequencing and T-cell receptor ... including unvaccinated patients with SARS-CoV-2 or with respiratory failure not caused by pneumonia.

New genetic analyses reveal that the bat virus ancestors of SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 likely circulated in Western China or ...

The virus likely reached humans not via bat migration but through the wildlife trade—contradicting hypotheses that it may ...

Following viral challenge with SARS-CoV-2 XBB.1.5, lung tissue samples were collected three days post-infection to quantify viral ribonucleic acid (RNA) load using quantitative reverse ...

Now, with SARS-CoV-2 having infected more than 100 million people and counting, it’s clear that the virus can indeed lead to extensive damage outside of the lungs—damage that has contributed to a ...

PFAS are found in multiple everyday products, such as cosmetics, outdoor clothing and coated pans. This is because of their ...

HealthDay News — mRNA-1083 vaccine is noninferior and induces higher immune responses than recommended influenza and COVID-19 vaccines against several influenza strains and SARS-CoV-2 ...