SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19 ... In vitro experiments with human lung-derived Calu-3 cells showed clear ...

SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, infects cells by binding its spike protein to angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptors.

A new bat-borne coronavirus, HKU5-CoV-2, discovered in China's Wuhan Institute of Virology, raises concerns due to its potential to infect human cells like SARS-CoV-2. However, experts say it ...

Bispecific antibodies targeting multiple SARS-CoV-2 sites offer enhanced neutralization against emerging variants, advancing ...

Scientists also discovered that HKU5-CoV-2 might infect human cells as well as small lung or gut tissues cultured ... scientists have shown that SARS-CoV-2 is much more effective at doing so.

Scientists found that it can bind to human ACE2 receptors, similar to SARS-CoV-2 (the ... when HKU5-CoV-2 was taken from bats, it could infect human cells and lab-grown tiny lung or gut tissues.

Their analysis revealed that it belongs to a distinct lineage of coronaviruses that includes the one causing Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) and is only distantly related to SARS-CoV-2 ...