Llama antibodies clamp the coronavirus shut at its weakest spot—leaving the virus powerless to mutate or infect.

Long after the acute infection fades, pieces of the virus behind COVID-19 can linger in the body and quietly sabotage the ...

New research shows that after the body's defenses kill the virus behind COVID-19, leftover digested chunks of SARS-CoV-2 ...

For centuries, coronaviruses have triggered health crises and economic challenges, with SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that spreads COVID-19, being a recent example. One small protein in SARS-CoV-2, the ...

In December 2024, a rumor began spreading online that a team of researchers at Yale University had found the "spike protein" of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which is responsible for the COVID-19 illness, in ...

Can an immunoassay be created and selectively detect a virus in under 5 minutes? In a new study, researchers report that it can be done using a low-power laser like a laser pointer with a little ...

High-resolution cryo-electron microscopy and supercomputing have now made it possible to analyze in detail the infection mechanisms of coronaviruses. These viruses are notorious for attacking the ...

Early animal studies show that a single vaccine could protect the recipient from different variants of the coronaviruses that cause COVID-19, the flu and the common cold. In addition to creating ...