COVID-19 is a disease caused by a new coronavirus (called SARS-CoV-2). So far, there are more than 6 million Americans infected with this virus during the past several months, and there is no good medication for this disease. This kind of virusfalse
Eric Ross and Sean Cascarina, biochemistry and molecular biology researchers at Colorado State University, have released a research paper identifying a protein encoded by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, that may be associated with thefalse
A wide variety of proteins are being studied. To help select loading controls, commonly used loading controls for proteins from the cytoplasm, mitochondria, and nucleus are discussed below.
Western blotting is the golden standard for protein detection and quantification, and therefore extensively used in biological research. Given that a Western blot assay consists of multiple steps, any potential variations in the process, such asfalse
In the search for interventions against COVID-19, one potential mode of intervention would be to block viral entry into target cells by blocking the interaction between the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 and thefalse
The first wave of Covid-19 tests is designed to determine whether you have the SARS-CoV-2 virus right now. As the world starts to eye an exit from lockdown, the second wave of tests is trying to find out if you had the virus in the past. To thisfalse
New research in China found 31 mutations in the genetic code of the coronavirus within 11 coronavirus patients. Nineteen of the mutations in COVID-19 were novel, meaning they had not been seen before. Researchers then infected live, non-humanfalse