supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(82241056,82170015,82100009,82030002);Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences(2021-I2M-1-048);New Cornerstone Science Foundation,National Key R&D Program of China(2023YFC2306300);National Key R&D Program of China(2023YFC2306300).
SARS-CoV-2 has caused global waves of infection since December 2019 and continues to persist today.The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants with strong immune evasion capabilities has compromised the effectiveness of exis...
supported by the CaRiPaRo Foundation(NewTarCoV2);the Ministry of Education,University and Research(PRIN-2020KSY3KL);supported by the Telethon Foundation Core Grant,European Research Council(ERC)(CellKarma);Regione Campania(PO-FESR 2014-2020,PO-FESR 2014-2020);Italian Ministry of Health(Piano Operativo Salute Traiettoria 3,‘Genomed’).supported by the Giovanni Armenise-Harvard Foundation,the Telethon Foundation(TCP13013);ERC(ERC Starting Grant,‘MetEpiStem’);supported by ERC(ERC Consolidator 615879);the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation(OPP1035881 and OPP1097238);the Italian Foundation for Cancer Research(AIRC 21850);the Collaborative Center for XDP at Massachusetts General Hospital(239295);supported by the Italian Foundation for Cancer Research(AIRC-MFAG 25745);University of Padua(STARS Consolidator Grant,‘EMERALD’);supported by the Italian Foundation for Cancer Research(AIRC 2135);Italian Ministry of Health(RCR-201923669115,NET-201602361632);supported by the EVA-GLOBAL project that has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement number 871029;EVA-GLOBAL provided access to SARS-CoV-2 Alpha and Delta isolates(human nCoV19 isolate/England/MIG457/2020 and hCoV-19/Netherlands/NH-RIVM-27142/2021_P2).
The high mutation rate of SARS-CoV-2 leads to the emergence of multiple variants,some of which are resistant to vaccines and drugs targeting viral elements.Targeting host dependency factors,e.g.cellular proteins requi...
supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2021YFC0863300);the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDB0490000);the CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences(Grant No.2021-I2M-1-024);the STI2030-Major Projects(Grant No.2021ZD0200900);the Foundation for Innovative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.82221004);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.32121001,32200460,and 32200460);the K.C.Wong Education Foundation(Grant No.GJTD-2019-08);the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project,China(Grant No.2017SHZDZX01);the China National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents(Grant No.BX2021291).
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2)caused the persistent coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic,which has resulted in millions of deaths worldwide and brought an enormous public health and ...
Wastewater surveillance plays an important role in the monitoring of infections of SARS-CoV-2 at the community level.We report here the determination of SARS-CoV-2 and differentiation of its variants of concern in 294...
The recent coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)outbreak has highlighted the inadequacy of our ability to respond to newly emerging viruses.Antiviral medications are the most effective means of combating the pandemic,yet...
supported by Instituto de Salud Carlos III,Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional"Una manera de hacer Europa"under grant PI20/00260,Gobierno de Navarra under grant 0011-3597-2020-000024 to PS and by Paula&Rodger Riney Foundation to JJL.
He et al.recently reported in Nature Communications1 the development of a protein vaccine against SASR-CoV-2 Omicron variant consisting of a trimer of the spike protein receptor-binding domain(RBD)of the Delta variant...
supported by the Bill&Melinda Gates Foundation(INV-005834),Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province(NO.2021J01353,NO.2020J01094);National Science and Technology Major Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(NO.2018ZX10734402-007);Research on accurate prediction and timely response system for out-breaks of new infectious diseases(SRPG2200702);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.20720230001).
Although studies have compared the relative severity of Omicron and Delta variants by assessing the relative risks,there are still gaps in the knowledge of the potential COVID-19 burden these variations may cause.And ...
funded in part by NSERC Alliance COVID-19 grant(ALLRP 555037-20);NSERC Discovery grant(RGPIN-2020-04134 Li);the CIHR funded Mathematical Modelling of COVID-19 Task Force,and the NSERC-PHAC EIDM Network“Mathematics for Public Health(MfPH)”.
The COVID-19 pandemic has seen multiple waves,in part due to the implementation and relaxation of social distancing measures by the public health authorities around the world,and also caused by the emergence of new va...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (82041001, 81761128020)
The prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern(VOCs) is still escalating throughout the world. However, the level of neutralization of the inactivated viral vaccine recipients’ sera and convalescent sera against al...
This study was supported by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council Collaborative Research Fund(C7156-20GF to ZC and C1134-20GF);the Research Grants Council General Research Fund(GRF17117422);the Hong Kong Health and Medical Research Fund(COVID1903010-Project 4,COVID190123 and 19181012);the Shenzhen Science and Technology Program(JSGG20200225151410198 and JCYJ20210324131610027);HKU Development Fund and LKS Faculty of Medicine Matching Fund to AIDS Institute;the Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Fund;the Hong Kong Health@InnoHK,Innovation and Technology Commission;a generous donation from the Friends of Hope Education Fund.ZC’s team was also partly supported by the Theme-Based Research Scheme(T11-706/18-N and T11-709/21-N).
Mutations in SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern(VOCs)have enhanced transmissibility and immune evasion with respect to current vaccines and neutralizing antibodies(NAbs).How naturally occurring spike mutations affect the ...