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Researchers discover doorway used by COVID-19 virus to enter human cells – Xinhua | English.news.cn – Xinhua
SYDNEY, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) — Australian researchers and their international colleagues discovered another pathway the COVID-19 virus uses to get into human cells, which may explain the high infection rate of the virus comparing to other similar viruses.
It was already known to researchers that the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19 symptoms uses ACE2 receptor on human cells as a doorway to get in by binding its spike protein to the receptor.
In two studies released on Wednesday, researchers…
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