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Spike protein
Spike protein: A spike protein is a protein structure that protrudes from the surface of a virus. The structure of the protein is shaped such that it resembles a spike. These spikes are common to coronaviruses, such as the SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 coronavirus. Spike proteins play a significant role in the ability of the virus to enter a cell. Spike proteins help to attach the virus to specific receptors on a cell surface, and then once attached, allow the viral membrane to fuse with the cell membrane and thereby infecting the cell with the viral payload. Because spike proteins on viruses are recognized by the human body's immune system, these proteins are a major source of research for the development of vaccines against coronaviruses.
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AUG 16, 2021
Health & Medicine
New research suggests that the Delta variant is more infectious than the original COVID-19 virus.
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
AUG 13, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
We've learned a lot about the virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, in the past year and a half. Researchers know the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 12, 2021
Immunology
Australian researchers have found a new molecular binding site on the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, a discovery that
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 03, 2021
Immunology
Antibodies are specialized proteins produced as part of the body's immune response. Neutralizing antibodies bind to
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUN 17, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
US drugmaker, Regeneron, in a partnership with Oxford University, has found that its new drug is capable of reducing COV
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 16, 2021
Immunology
Researchers at King’s College London have discovered a new antiviral target to combat COVID-19: the galectin-3-bin
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUN 08, 2021
Immunology
Genetic variants of SARS-CoV-2 have emerged over the course of the pandemic, threatening public health efforts to limit
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUN 07, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have developed a handheld diagnostic device, capable of detecting the presence of the SARS-CoV-2’s spik
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUN 01, 2021
Immunology
Seasonal flu vaccines only work around 40 to 60 percent of the time, says the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preve
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 19, 2021
Technology
Attempts to understand the SARS-CoV-2 virus have focused on a key mechanism of action: the use of a “spike pr
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
MAY 18, 2021
Immunology
Canadian researchers have discovered an antiviral drug that blocks the SARS-CoV-2 virus from infecting lung cells. Promi
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 18, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Expectant mothers may no longer have to be caught off guard—researchers have identified biomarkers in the blood th
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 10, 2021
Microbiology
The pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 has changed the world in devastating ways, taking hundreds of thousands of lives & new var
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 04, 2021
Immunology
There are currently five variants of concern in the U.S., genetically distinct forms of the COVID-causing coronavirus th
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 04, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
You can see the spike protein of the virus in action in this video.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 28, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Sugar is something sweet to add to your food, but just like fat, different types of sugars play important roles in biolo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 25, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
When we're exposed to a pathogen, our immune system normally mounts a robust response against it. Antibodies are generat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 22, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from Johns Hopkins have found that the mRNA Covid vaccines developed by Pfizer and Moderna not only work wit
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 16, 2021
Microbiology
The current COVID-19 vaccines by Pfizer/BioNTech and Modern are based on messenger RNA, which cells use to make proteins
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 08, 2021
Immunology
Researchers have discovered a gene that is directly linked to the development of cardiovascular diseases, such as high b
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 05, 2021
Neuroscience
Researchers from Brigham Young University have found evidence that eating a ketogenic diet- which is a diet that
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 02, 2021
Technology
Recent protein modeling of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein reveals novel areas for vaccine development. The novel SARS-CoV-
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 02, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
What are tropical and neglected diseases? Chronic infections that plague developing nations with often little financial
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 23, 2021
Immunology
It is estimated that around one in five people infected with SARS-CoV-2 will not show any infection symptoms. Some of th
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes