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A surprising finding from USC reveals key details about how cancer cells metastasize and suggests new therapeutic approaches for halting their spread.The research, supported by the National Institutes of Health, centers on a cellular chaperone protei

A surprising finding from USC reveals key details about how cancer cells metastasize and suggests new therapeutic approaches for halting their spread.

A group of researchers discovered that an existing drug was capable of inhibiting COVID-19 replication in the human body.

While vaccination can provide life-saving protection against COVID-19, scientists are still searching for ways to treat severe infections, including in people who cannot get vaccinated or in the event that dangerous new strains of the virus arise that could bypass vaccine protection.

A study by researchers from Keck School of Medicine of USC is the first to experimentally demonstrate that GRP78, a molecular chaperone, plays a crucial role in the invasion of human cells by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and its variants.

The swift development of vaccines has provided a vital tool to combat the spread of the deadly SARS-CoV-2 virus, but challenges to reaching herd immunity...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Images of cells showing close proximity (yellow) of GRP78 (green) with Spike protein of SARS-Cov-2 (red) (left panels) and ACE2 (red) (right panels). view more  Credit: Lead author Anthony Carlos, PhD The swift development of vaccines has provided a vital tool to combat the spread of the deadly SARS-CoV-2 virus, but challenges to reaching herd immunity posed by the rise of new mutations and the inability of immunosuppressed people to develop an effective immune response...