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1. SARS-CoV-2 and Three Related Coronaviruses Utilize Multiple ACE2 Orthologs and Are Potently Blocked by an Improved ACE2-Ig

   This article has 15 authors:

   1. Yujun Li
   2. Haimin Wang
   3. Xiaojuan Tang
   4. Shisong Fang
   5. Danting Ma
   6. Chengzhi Du
   7. Yifei Wang
   8. Hong Pan
   9. Weitong Yao
   10. Renli Zhang
   11. Xuan Zou
   12. Jie Zheng
   13. Liangde Xu
   14. Michael Farzan
   15. Guocai Zhong

   Reviewed by ScreenIT

2. De novo design and Rosetta‐based assessment of high‐affinity antibody variable regions (Fv) against the SARS‐CoV ‐2 spike receptor binding domain ( RBD )

   This article has 7 authors:

   1. Veda Sheersh Boorla
   2. Ratul Chowdhury
   3. Ranjani Ramasubramanian
   4. Brandon Ameglio
   5. Rahel Frick
   6. Jeffrey J. Gray
   7. Costas D. Maranas

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3. Comparative ACE2 variation and primate COVID-19 risk

   This article has 5 authors:

   1. Amanda D. Melin
   2. Mareike C. Janiak
   3. Frank Marrone
   4. Paramjit S. Arora
   5. James P. Higham

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4. Analysis of the mutation dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 reveals the spread history and emergence of RBD mutant with lower ACE2 binding affinity

   This article has 11 authors:

   1. Yong Jia
   2. Gangxu Shen
   3. Stephanie Nguyen
   4. Yujuan Zhang
   5. Keng-Shiang Huang
   6. Hsing-Ying Ho
   7. Wei-Shio Hor
   8. Chih-Hui Yang
   9. John B Bruning
   10. Chengdao Li
   11. Wei-Lung Wang

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5. In-Depth Bioinformatic Analyses of Nidovirales Including Human SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV Viruses Suggest Important Roles of Non-canonical Nucleic Acid Structures in Their Lifecycles

   This article has 11 authors:

   1. Martin Bartas
   2. Václav Brázda
   3. Natália Bohálová
   4. Alessio Cantara
   5. Adriana Volná
   6. Tereza Stachurová
   7. Kateřina Malachová
   8. Eva B. Jagelská
   9. Otília Porubiaková
   10. Jiří Červeň
   11. Petr Pečinka

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6. A virus that has gone viral: amino acid mutation in S protein of Indian isolate of Coronavirus COVID-19 might impact receptor binding, and thus, infectivity

   This article has 5 authors:

   1. Priyanka Saha
   2. Arup Kumar Banerjee
   3. Prem Prakash Tripathi
   4. Amit Kumar Srivastava
   5. Upasana Ray

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7. Evaluation of Chemical Protocols for Inactivating SARS-CoV-2 Infectious Samples

   This article has 6 authors:

   1. Boris Pastorino
   2. Franck Touret
   3. Magali Gilles
   4. Lea Luciani
   5. Xavier de Lamballerie
   6. Remi N. Charrel

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8. Classical drug digitoxin inhibits influenza cytokine storm, with implications for COVID-19 therapy

   This article has 4 authors:

   1. Bette S. Pollard
   2. Jorge C. Blanco
   3. John R. Pollard
   4. Gregory A. Prince

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9. To mask or not to mask: Modeling the potential for face mask use by the general public to curtail the COVID-19 pandemic

   This article has 8 authors:

   1. Steffen E. Eikenberry
   2. Marina Mancuso
   3. Enahoro Iboi
   4. Tin Phan
   5. Keenan Eikenberry
   6. Yang Kuang
   7. Eric Kostelich
   8. Abba B. Gumel

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10. High-throughput extraction of SARS-CoV-2 RNA from nasopharyngeal swabs using solid-phase reverse immobilization beads

    This article has 6 authors:

    1. Mahesh K. R. Kalikiri
    2. Mohammad Rubayet Hasan
    3. Faheem Mirza
    4. Thabisile Xaba
    5. Patrick Tang
    6. Stephan Lorenz

    Reviewed by ScreenIT