First discovered a year ago in South Africa, the SARS-CoV-2 variant later dubbed "omicron" spread across the globe at incredible speed. It is still unclear exactly how, when and where this virus ...

In a new study published in Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School and College of Biological Sciences provided new insights into the ...

Omicron’s arrival in November 2021 took scientists by surprise. Not because there was a new variant on the block, but because it had many and unusual mutations—some rare and others that had never been ...

In a recent study published in PLoS ONE, researchers compared the mutations in the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant with others to highlight their ...

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* server, researchers examined the replicative capacity of seven severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) isolates in 17 cell lines to ...

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (10/19/2022) — In a new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School and ...