The first molecular-level analysis of Omicron’s spike protein reveals mutation-induced chemical bonds are behind the new SARS-CoV-2 variant’s increased transmissibility and antibody evasion.

Findings indicate a sharp drop in immunity after Omicron infection, stressing the necessity for updated vaccines to enhance ...

Quantum mechanical modeling allowed the team to develop an initial set of predictions about the role of mutations on infectivity and immune response evasion of Omicron and other SARS-CoV-2 variants ...

The second possibility is that Covid has now settled into a rut, which will see it become progressively milder until it ultimately becomes akin to the common cold. Chin-Hong says that this would make ...

Omicron: How do you detect it ... could be largely anticipated based on the large number of mutations in the spike protein carried by the omicron variant, which increase the Omicron variant's ...

1 was first detected in August 2023, this Omicron sub-variant has spawned a variety of further sub-variants, such as KP.2 (known as FLiRT), KP.3 (known as FLuQE) and XEC. The spike protein is made ...

both targeting the new Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5. The US regulator has cleared a 30 µg booster dose of a new version of Pfizer's Comirnaty shot – 15 µg encoding the spike protein of ...

Announcing a new article publication for BIO Integration journal. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), first identified in China in December 2019, rapidly spread worldwide, ...

When New York City’s COVID-19 rates spiked last December due to the emerging omicron variant, humans weren't the only mammals affected. The highly infectious variant also hit the white-tailed ...