The emergence and evolution of SARS-CoV-2

EC Holmes - Annual review of virology, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The origin of SARS-CoV-2 has evoked heated debate and strong accusations, yet
seemingly little resolution. I review the scientific evidence on the origin of SARS-CoV-2 and …

Animal models of Long Covid: A hit-and-run disease

A Schäfer, SR Leist, JM Powers, RS Baric - Science Translational …, 2024 - science.org
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV 2) pandemic has caused
more than 7 million deaths globally. Despite the presence of infection-and vaccine-induced …

The small molecule inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro EDP-235 prevents viral replication and transmission in vivo

MHJ Rhodin, AC Reyes, A Balakrishnan… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the deaths of millions of people and severe global
economic impacts. Small molecule therapeutics have played an important role in the fight …

Hybrid immunity to SARS-CoV-2 arises from serological recall of IgG antibodies distinctly imprinted by infection or vaccination

WN Voss, ML Mallory, PO Byrne, JM Marchioni… - Cell Reports …, 2024 - cell.com
We describe the molecular-level composition of polyclonal immunoglobulin G (IgG) anti-
spike antibodies from ancestral severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic loci regulate Sarbecovirus pathogenesis: A comparison across mice and humans

A Schäfer, LE Gralinski, SR Leist, BK Hampton… - Virus Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Coronavirus (CoV) cause considerable morbidity and mortality in humans and other
mammals, as evidenced by the emergence of Severe Acute Respiratory CoV (SARS-CoV) in …

An oral non-covalent non-peptidic inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 Mpro ameliorates viral replication and pathogenesis in vivo

NE Zhou, S Tang, X Bian, MK Parai, IV Krieger… - Cell Reports, 2024 - cell.com
Safe, effective, and low-cost oral antiviral therapies are needed to treat those at high risk for
develo** severe COVID-19. To that end, we performed a high-throughput screen to …

Vaccine-mediated protection against Merbecovirus and Sarbecovirus challenge in mice

DR Martinez, A Schäfer, TD Gavitt, ML Mallory, E Lee… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
The emergence of three highly pathogenic human coronaviruses—severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) in 2003, Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome (MERS) …

[HTML][HTML] A Comparative Experimental and Computational Study on the Nature of the Pangolin-CoV and COVID-19 Omicron

L Wei, L Song, AK Dunker, JA Foster… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
The relationship between pangolin-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 has been a subject of debate.
Further evidence of a special relationship between the two viruses can be found by the fact …

Will releasing the weights of future large language models grant widespread access to pandemic agents?

A Gopal, N Helm-Burger, L Justen, EH Soice… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Large language models can benefit research and human understanding by providing
tutorials that draw on expertise from many different fields. A properly safeguarded model will …

A trivalent mucosal vaccine encoding phylogenetically inferred ancestral RBD sequences confers pan-Sarbecovirus protection in mice

JB Case, S Sanapala, C Dillen, V Rhodes, C Zmasek… - Cell Host & Microbe, 2024 - cell.com
The continued emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants and the threat of future Sarbecovirus
zoonoses have spurred the design of vaccines that can induce broad immunity against …