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Technology Networks: SARS-CoV-2 Makes Changes That Cause Cells Not to Recognize It, New Findings Suggest
July 25, 2020
With an alarm code, we can enter a building without bells going off. It turns out that the SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has the same advantage entering cells. It possesses the code to waltz right in. On July 24 in Nature Communications, researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health […]
BGR: Scientists finally figured out what makes the coronavirus so dangerous
July 25, 2020
Scientists have a new treatment idea for the novel coronavirus that came about after they figured out what makes the virus so dangerous to our bodies: The pathogen camouflages itself after infecting cells to prevent a swift response from the immune system. Researchers from the University of Texas Health Science Center identified an enzyme the […]
Nature Communications: Structural basis of RNA cap modification by SARS-CoV-2
July 24, 2020
Thiruselvam Viswanathan, Shailee Arya, Siu-Hong Chan, Shan Qi, Nan Dai, Anurag Misra, Jun-Gyu Park, Fatai Oladunni, Dmytro Kovalskyy, Robert A. Hromas, Luis Martinez-Sobrido & Yogesh K. Gupta Nature Communications volume 11, Article number: 3718 (2020) Abstract The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of COVID-19 illness, has caused millions of infections worldwide. In […]
NewsWeek: Coronavirus Disguises Itself to Hide Inside Our Cells and Replicate
July 24, 2020
The COVID-19-causing coronavirus disguises itself so it can hide inside our cells without being detected by the immune system in order to replicate, according to a study. For the paper published in the journal Nature Communications, scientists examined the 3D structure of a protein called nsp16 that the coronavirus creates.
Daily Hunt: Covid-19 virus tricks immune system with camouflage: Here’s How
July 24, 2020
A team of scientists at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio found out what makes SARS-CoV-2, so infectious. Scientists claim that the virus is capable of sneaking into our cells. The virus produces an enzyme called nsp16, which it then uses to modify its messenger RNA cap. It is said that […]
Scitech Daily: SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Has a “Camouflage” That Causes Cells Not to Recognize It – “Fundamental Advance in Our Understanding of the Virus”
July 24, 2020
With an alarm code, we can enter a building without bells going off. It turns out that the SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has the same advantage in entering cells. It possesses the code to waltz right in. Today (July 24, 2020), in Nature Communications, researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio […]
ArzteZeitung: Current corona studies: Fatigue as a long-term consequence in every second COVID-19 patient (Gupta)
July 22, 2020
Persistent fatigue as a result of COVID-19 could be widespread. According to a small study, persistent tiredness and exhaustion are quite common consequences of having suffered COVID-19. Women are more often affected than men, report researchers led by Dr. Liam Townsend from Trinity College Dublin. Of 128 study participants, a little more than half (52.3 percent) felt bruised for […]
Nature Communications: Murine models of IDH-wild-type glioblastoma exhibit spatial segregation of tumor initiation and manifestation during evolution (Zheng)
July 22, 2020
Yinghua Li 1 2 3, Bo Li 4, Wei Li 5, Yuan Wang 1 2 3, Seçkin Akgül 1 2 3 6 7, Daniel M Treisman 1 2 3 6, Kevin A Heist 8, Brianna R Pierce 1 2 3, Benjamin Hoff 8, Cheng-Ying Ho 5, David O Ferguson 9, Alnawaz Rehemtulla 10, Siyuan Zheng 11, Brian D Ross 8, Jun Z Li 4, Yuan Zhu 12 13 14 15 16 Abstract Recent characterization of the spatiotemporal genomic architecture of IDH-wild-type multifocal glioblastomas (M-GBMs) suggests a clinically unobserved common ancestor (CA) with a less aggressive phenotype, generating highly genetically divergent malignant gliomas/GBMs in […]
eCancer: Finding hints at novel target for Ewing sarcoma therapy
July 17, 2020
New insights into Ewing sarcoma, an aggressive childhood cancer, were published in the journal Nature. Researchers from the Long School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio contributed to the study. Ewing sarcoma is a bone and soft tissue cancer that primarily affects children and adolescents.