Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus that causes the illness - SARS-CoV-2 - has had innumerable opportunities to mutate and change, and the virus has certainly taken advantage of those ...

Scientists harnessed AI to create mutation-resistant antibodies that outperformed conventional drug design, offering a powerful new tool against fast-evolving viruses like SARS-CoV-2. Study: AI ...

New research has uncovered a series of mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein that enhanced the virus' ability to infect the brains of mice. The findings may help scientists understand its ...

Scientists have discovered a mutation in SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, that plays a key role in its ability to infect the central nervous system. The findings may help scientists ...

If you’ve been spending any time around virologists (or, really, anywhere) over these last few pandemic-stricken years, you may be sick of hearing about a particular viral protein called spike. For ...

COVID-19 vaccination during the 2024-2025 respiratory virus season was associated with protection against hospitalization.

Strictly speaking, viruses are not living organisms. They do, however, benefit from natural selection over time. The longer a virus exists within a community the more sophisticated its pathogenesis ...

A phylogenetic tree of SARS-CoV-2 sequences, built with Nextstrain, displays sequences colored by their clade and organized by collection date. Over time, sequences mutate and diverge, forming new ...

COVID-19 vaccination showed effectiveness in reducing hospitalizations and severe disease outcomes associated with the SARS-CoV-2 JN.1 lineage, according to a recent study published in JAMA Network ...