Greehey CCRI Archives
ABC Spain: They discoverd how the coronavirus camouflages itself to infect cells
July 27, 2020The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is capable of camouflaging itself to trick cells into entering them without causing any alarm. This is the conclusion of a study carried out by researchers at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio (UT …
Toquoc: Scientists have finally figured out what makes coronavirus so dangerous
July 27, 2020It turns out the pathogen disguises itself after infecting cells to suppress a rapid response from the body’s immune system. When a pathogen enters the human body, it activates local alarm points to signal the immune system to act and destroy the unkno …
Ahmedabad Mirror: Scientists decode how coronavirus molecules ‘camouflage’ in host cell; may lead to drug development
July 26, 2020Scientists, including those of Indian-origin, have resolved the structure of a molecule which the novel coronavirus uses to make its genetic sequence seem like a part of the host’s own, an advance that may lead to the development of new antiviral drugs …
cnBeta: A way of disguising itself makes SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus so dangerous
July 26, 2020When the pathogen enters the human body, it will trigger a local alarm and send a signal to the immune system to make it take action to eliminate these objects. This is true whether it is a virus, bacteria, or other types of microorganisms. The same th …
Virtual Biological Sciences: “SARS-CoV-2 Makes Changes That Cause Cells Not to Recognize It, New Findings Suggest” (video)
July 26, 2020https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AeFAalGX-A Gupta Lab
Technology Networks: SARS-CoV-2 Makes Changes That Cause Cells Not to Recognize It, New Findings Suggest
July 25, 2020With 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 …
BGR: Scientists finally figured out what makes the coronavirus so dangerous
July 25, 2020Scientists 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 sys …
NEWSWEEK: Coronavirus Disguises Itself to Hide Inside Our Cells and Replicate (Gupta Lab)
July 24, 2020Nature Communications: Structural basis of RNA cap modification by SARS-CoV-2
July 24, 2020Thiruselvam 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 (2 …
NewsWeek: Coronavirus Disguises Itself to Hide Inside Our Cells and Replicate
July 24, 2020The 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 …