This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Thursday, 28 July 2022
A Suitable Spike Position?
Researchers at London's Francis Crick Institute think they've identified a specific area of Sars-CoV-2 spike protein that would be a good candidate for a pan coronavirus vaccine (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/27/uk-scientists-take-promising-step-towards-single-covid-and-cold-vaccine). The S2 subunit of the Sars-CoV-2 spike protein appears to be less subject to mutations than other regions. The S2 subunit is also shared by the Common cold virus. If a vaccine can be raised, producing antibodies against this region, if could offer protection against all the Covid19 variants and the Common cold!
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