Friday, July 14, 2023 Kudos to NIAID Scientists who Expanded SARS-CoV-2 Finding to Common Cold Caption: This scanning electron micrograph shows SARS-CoV-2 (magenta), which causes COVID-19. Four other human coronaviruses are known to cause common colds. The science journal PNAS has recognized a NIAID research team for applying knowledge learned from studying COVID-19-causing SARS-CoV-2 to a different human coronavirus, HCoV-OC43, which causes common colds. Researchers in NIAID's Laboratory of Viral Diseases previously identified the nucleocapsid protein from SARS-CoV-2 as a surface antigen having strong immunomodulatory properties. The group then expanded its nucleocapsid study to HCoV-OC43 and found the protein has similar promising immune-system roles, making it a target for future studies of HCoV vaccines. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases  |  National Institutes of Health Update your subscriptions, modify your password or e-mail address, or stop subscriptions at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page. You will need to use your e-mail address to log in. If you have questions or problems with the subscription service, please contact Subscriber Help. This service is provided to you at no charge by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).                             This email was sent to myhcistech.healthnews360@blogger.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 5601 Fishers Lane · Bethesda, MD 20892 · 1-866-284-4107