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Supercomputer-Powered Research Uncovers Signs of ‘Bradykinin Storm’ That May Explain COVID-19 Symptoms https://www.hpcwire.com/2020/07/28/supe ... -symptoms/ In Big Win for COVID-19 Research, Neocortix Brings Arm Support to Folding@home, Rosetta@home https://www.hpcwire.com/2020/07/28/in-b ... setta...

World's dominant strain of coronavirus 'is 10 TIMES more infectious than the one that jumped to humans in China' because it mutated so its vital spike protein doesn't snap as often in the body, scientists say

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The SARS-CoV2 virus which causes COVID-19 DOES use glycans, built mostly from mannose, for shielding from the immune system. Site-specific glycan analysis of the SARS-CoV-2 spike https://science.sciencemag.org/content/ ... ce.abb9983 Some of these glycans are hijacked from the ones human cells norma...

Human metabolism can turn glucose into mannose; therefore diet is not the only source of mannose except in some people with genetic disorders blocking this conversion. Human metabolism uses mannose for various purpose, so permanently eliminating it is not a good idea. It is normally NOT used as an e...

A scientific paper showing that many viruses use glycans for shielding from the immune system: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101 ... 1.full.pdf See Figure 6. This appears to show that the glycans shielding the viruses are built from mannose. Does this make the various protein sites where the g...

When I start WEB CONTROL, click on Stop Folding, then Finish up, then stop, this has no effect on any future WUs. If I click on Stop now instead of Finish up, then stop, then it has the effect I expect - the current WU stops running, and more are not started later until I click on Start folding. In ...