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by Karishma Abhishek on  December 22, 2020 at 10:51 PM COVID-19 causing coronaviruses have protein "spikes" on their surfaces that help the virus bind with the host receptors cells - first step of infection. Scientists have decoded the first detailed images of those spikes in their natural state, while still attached to the virus using cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) and computation techniques as per a study published in the journal Quarterly Reviews Biophysics Dis...

COVID-19 Causes Brain Storm Emerging shreds of evidence shed light on the role of COVID-19, causing cognitive effects, such as brain fog, and fatigue. The spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus often called the S1 protein - depicted as the red arms of the virus, crosses the blood-brain barrier in mice and enters the brain, causing them to release cytokines and inflammatory products, as per a study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience. The spike protein is responsible for dictating whi...