by University of Colorado at Boulder A lab scientist scans bar codes on saliva samples collected from members of the CU Boulder community. Credit: Glenn Asakawa/CU Boulder A few “super carriers” with off-the-charts viral loads are likely responsible for the bulk of COVID-19 transmissions, while about half of infected people aren’t contagious at all at the...
by Emily Ayshford, University of Chicago SARS-CoV-2 (shown here in an electron microscopy image). Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH In the treatment of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, antiviral drug remdesivir has emerged as a promising candidate. Remdesivir works by disrupting the virus’s ability to replicate, but its exact mechanism has remained...
by Public Library of Science Colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (pink) heavily infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (green), isolated from a patient sample. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH, 2020 (CC0) A novel computational drug screening strategy combined with lab...
