{"id":91312,"date":"2023-01-13T10:31:21","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T15:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/?p=91312"},"modified":"2023-01-13T10:31:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T15:31:21","slug":"from-the-brink-neidl-researchers-discover-new-sars-cov-2-weak-spot-which-could-inspire-improved-vaccines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/2023\/01\/13\/from-the-brink-neidl-researchers-discover-new-sars-cov-2-weak-spot-which-could-inspire-improved-vaccines\/","title":{"rendered":"From The Brink: &#8220;NEIDL Researchers Discover New SARS-CoV-2 Weak Spot\u2014Which Could Inspire Improved Vaccines&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"head\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/articles\/2023\/neidl-researchers-discover-new-sars-cov-2-weak-spot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NEIDL Researchers Discover New SARS-CoV-2 Weak Spot\u2014Which Could Inspire Improved Vaccines<\/a><br \/>\n<em>The Brink<\/em>; Jan. 11, 2023<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<figure style=\"width: 559px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/files\/2022\/12\/feat-iStock-1360713510.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Digital renderings of mutations on the spike protein that coronavirus uses to attach to human cells. The top of a blue sphere contains and large cluster of pink and dark blue balls.\" width=\"549\" height=\"367\" class=\"\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From The Brink; Jan. 11, 2023. Image by Design Cells\/iStock.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A Boston University-led study has found that a viral protein known as NSP6 may be responsible for the COVID-19 Omicron variant&#8217;s lower disease-causing potential (pathogenicity). The research, led by NEIDL scientists, was published online in <em>Nature\u00a0<\/em>on Jan. 11. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/articles\/2023\/neidl-researchers-discover-new-sars-cov-2-weak-spot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read the full story in\u00a0<em>The Brink<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEIDL Researchers Discover New SARS-CoV-2 Weak Spot\u2014Which Could Inspire Improved Vaccines The Brink; Jan. 11, 2023 A Boston University-led study has found that a viral protein known as NSP6 may be responsible for the COVID-19 Omicron variant&#8217;s lower disease-causing potential (pathogenicity). The research, led by NEIDL scientists, was published online in Nature\u00a0on Jan. 11. Read [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20706,"featured_media":91313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7154],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91312"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20706"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91312"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91315,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91312\/revisions\/91315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}