Coronavirus Helpful Resources

Hi Class,

Watch this week’s lecture recordings to learn more about Coronavirus and how the virus hijacks our human cell’s machinery to multiply and spread.

Below are some of the helpful links to learn more about how the new Coronavirus works, how its spread, what experts plan to do to treat the virus, and what does the antibody tests for this virus tell us.

Lesson of the Day: ‘How Coronavirus Hijacks Your Cells’ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/learning/lesson-of-the-day-how-coronavirus-hijacks-your-cells.html?smid=tw-share

Interactive learning: ‘How Coronavirus Hijacks Your Cells’ https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/11/science/how-coronavirus-hijacks-your-cells.html

New SARS-Like Virus Infects Both Human and Animal Cells
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2012/12/new-sars-virus-infects-both-human-and-animal-cells

Biologists discover how viruses hijack cell’s machinery
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170112141203.htm

A COVID-19 primer: How viruses work and spread
https://www.minnpost.com/health/2020/03/a-covid-19-primer-how-viruses-work-and-spread/

The Animal Origins of Coronavirus and Flu
https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-do-animal-viruses-like-coronavirus-jump-species-20200225/

What coronavirus antibody tests tell us — and what they don’t https://www.sciencenews.org/article/covid-19-coronavirus-what-antibody-tests-tell-us

How experts plan to treat the new coronavirus https://www.livescience.com/possible-treatments-new-coronavirus.html