Scientists discover that SARS-CoV-2 spike protein remains in the brain and skull bone marrow for years post-infection, causing chronic inflammation and increasing neurodegenerative disease risk.

SARS-CoV-2 spike protein persisted in the skull and brain, mouse and human autopsy data showed. In mouse models and human postmortem samples, SARS-CoV-2 spike protein was found in the skull marrow ...

And they did so by turning the virus's own great weapon against itself: its spike protein. This bit allows the virus to attach itself to cells and teaches our immune system to recognize it ...

Instead, the complication seems related to how some individuals process spike protein, produced by the body using the vaccine’s mRNA as a template. Levels of the antigen were unusually high among ...

BERKELEY (CBS SF/BCN) – COVID-19's spike protein may contribute to blood vessels secreting fluids into a person's body, which can lead to severe health outcomes like respiratory failure ...

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers reported severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2) spike (S) protein and S messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA ...

The new research has found that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus spike protein is capable of causing heart muscle injury through the inflammatory process, setting it apart from previously known ...

Many studies have looked at the spike protein and its amino acid sequence, but knowledge of its structure has largely relied on static images, Tajkhorshid said. The atomistic simulations give ...

They sought to determine the levels of three SARS-CoV-2 antigens: Spike ... of spike protein – one of two subunits that make up the spike protein Nucleocapsid – nucleic acid (genetic material ...

The infectiousness of the virus is thought to be at least in part due to the large number of mutations in the amino acid sequences of the virus's spike protein. The virus uses the spike protein to ...

The Omicron variant is unprecedented for having 37 spike protein mutations—that’s three to five times more mutations than any other variant we’ve seen. This is important for two reasons. Firstly, ...