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How Your Gut Protects You from Myriads Of Microbes.
Covid-19 affects many organs throughout the body, including those of our gastrointestinal tract. This is part two of a series on the immune processes that protect our gut in the face of SARS-CoV-2 and other infections.
Innate And Adaptive Immunity In The Human Intestine
Covid-19 affects many organs throughout the body, including those of our gastrointestinal tract. Here we give an overview of the various immune processes in charge of protecting our gut in the face of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Antibodies Team Up Against Omicron
Here we address Omicron’s evasion of monoclonal antibody neutralization and how to overcome this viral trait.
En Garde For SARS-CoV-2 Chimeras (Recombinants)
Here we discuss recent reports of recombinants between Delta and Omicron.
A Case Of Shrunken Brains: How Covid-19 May Damage Brain Cells
Comparing brain volume before and after individuals were exposed to SARS-CoV-2, this study documents significant cortical gray matter loss, equivalent to nearly 10 years of aging.
An Omicron-Omicron Recombinant—BA.4
SARS-CoV-2 has the ability to combine parts of previous strains, creating new variants. Here we describe a recombinant of two Omicron strains, given the preliminary designation Omicron BA.4.
An Ancient Form Of Immunity Protects Many Against Covid-19 Today
Two recent studies suggest that an unheralded pathway of immunity may protect us from SARS-CoV-2.
Covid-19: Long Term Brain Injury
Emerging studies indicate that as many as one quarter of all those infected with Covid-19 experience long-term brain damage regardless disease severity. New neurological complications, ranging from mild to more debilitating symptoms, persist months aft…
A New Process Of SARS-CoV-2 Variation Uncovered: Intragenomic Recombination
The new phenomenon involves intragenomic rearrangements in which segments of various lengths of the untranslated region at the proximal 5’ end of the virus, in particular the 5’-leader sequence, are duplicated and translocated into the coding portion o…
Stripping Covid’s Camouflage
The SARS-CoV-2 virus is equipped with various tricks to bypass the host immune system. A recent study by Park et al. discusses one such trick, the formation of viral RNA’s five prime cap.
