The coronavirus was found in heart-nosed bats in southeastern Kenya Coronaviruses carried by bats can infect human cells ...

An international team of researchers has identified an East African bat coronavirus capable of entering human cells. While ...

The identification of a receptor that is recognized by a subset of alphacoronaviruses provides insights into ‘spillover’ risk ...

Scientists have discovered a bat coronavirus capable of entering human cells – and it could lead to another global pandemic.

Scientists have discovered a bat alphacoronavirus in Kenya, CcCoV-KY43, that can enter human cells via a receptor called CEACAM6, previously unknown in coronavirus infections. While there is no ...

A study published in Nature looks at whether a bat alphacoronavirus can bind to human receptors and enter cells. Prof Jonathan Ball, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Molecular Virology, ...

Given everything that happened with the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s understandable to feel nervous when you hear about a new virus. Now, reports are swirling about a new coronavirus detected in bats ...

Scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China have discovered a new lineage of a coronavirus in bats that can enter human cells in a similar fashion as SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID ...