'Zombie' coronavirus fragments not only help drive inflammation in long-COVID, but also destroy our immune cells. "These fragments target a specific kind of curvature on the membranes of cells," ...

New research shows that after the body's defenses kill the virus behind COVID-19, leftover digested chunks of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein can target specific immune cells based on their shape. The ...

Long after the acute infection fades, pieces of the virus behind COVID-19 can linger in the body and quietly sabotage the immune system. Instead of harmless debris, new research suggests these ...

Researchers at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) in Brazil have discovered that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, uses a sophisticated tactic to evade the human body's defense ...

A UCLA-led international research team showed that fragments of digested proteins from the virus behind COVID-19 can attack certain immune cells that have spiky shapes, such as the T cell above. New ...

Researchers find that key antiviral proteins were unable to effectively combat the coronavirus in certain patients ...

A new study analyzing the immune response to COVID-19 in a Catalan cohort of health workers sheds light on an important question: does it matter whether a person was first infected or first vaccinated ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Those who received 8-week exercise-based rehabilitation had significantly more CD8 naïve, central memory and ...

The mRNA covid-19 vaccines seem to have an unexpected benefit: extending the lives of people being treated for cancers by boosting the effectiveness of immunotherapy. An analysis of the records of ...

Yale researchers have found clues as to why certain people experience adverse health effects after the COVID-19 vaccine, which they have dubbed “post-vaccination syndrome." ...