To date, seven identified coronaviruses (CoVs) have been found to infect humans; of these,
three highly pathogenic variants have emerged in the 21st century. The newest member of …

Respiratory cilia are the driving force of the mucociliary escalator, working in conjunction
with secreted airway mucus to clear inhaled debris and pathogens from the conducting …

Background: SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, causes widespread damage
in the lungs in the setting of an overzealous immune response whose origin remains …

Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to produce
substantial morbidity and mortality. To understand the reasons for the wide-spectrum …

This paper presents a novel bio-inspired optimization algorithm called Coronavirus
Optimization Algorithm (COVIDOA). COVIDOA is an evolutionary search strategy that mimics …

To address the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an unprecedented global effort to
advance potent neutralizing mAbs against SARS-CoV-2 as therapeutics. However, historical …

Viral infections sustain their replication cycle promoting a pro-oxidant environment in the
host cell. In this context, specific alterations of the levels and homeostatic function of the …

Among seven coronaviruses that infect humans, three (severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus [SARS-CoV], Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus [MERS-CoV], and …

The emergence and rapid worldwide spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has prompted the scientific community to rapidly develop in …

Coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) has been spreading worldwide since its outbreak in December 2019, and …