Estrogen receptors plus COVID-19 spike proteins cause coagulopathy The SARS-CoV-2 spike protein interacts with the human estrogen receptor alpha in lung tissue and that may lead to severe coagulopathy. This process demonstrates the virus's varied impact based on sex and a path to improved vaccines, a team of U.S. and European researchers found.Read More
Omicron subvariants dodge neutralizing antibodies: study Three subvariants of SARS-CoV-2 currently sweeping through the U.S. are better at evading vaccine- and infection-generating neutralizing antibodies than earlier versions of the virus, new research finds.Read More
New protein target may help fight COVID-19 A University of Geneva-led research team revealed a hidden cavity on the surface of a key non-structural SARS-CoV-2 protein. Their research, published November 22 in the journal eLife, may facilitate this cavity’s use as a target for binding therapeutic drugs.Read More
New drug may help fight both COVID-19 and cancer Keck School of Medicine researchers and collaborators have discovered that GRP78, a protein implicated in both COVID-19 and various cancers, may also help fight both diseases.Read More