Author: Paulo Eduardo Brandão

Viral clockworks: How do coronaviruses spill over?

Composition in rectangular format. Deep yellow background, an orange virus occupies half of the picture. The virus has white hands and feet and stands on a black clock with white details.

Coronaviruses are widespread in mammals and birds and sometimes they jump species, as SARS-CoV-2 from bats to humans. This investigation describes the genomic events during Avian coronavirus passages from hamster cells to primate cells in order to understand the mechanisms of coronavirus adaptation to a new host. Read More →