Novel coronavirus uses second ‘key’ to infiltrate cells – AlKhaleej Today

According to a new study, the new coronavirus is more contagious because it has developed a second key, increasing its ability to infiltrate human cells.
SARS-CoV was discovered more than seventeen years ago in China. At the time, it had spread to twenty-six countries and had affected only 8,000 people in 2003.
The new coronavirus seems to be much more contagious. The starting point of our study was to find out why SARS-CoV, a coronavirus that led to a much smaller outbreak in 2003, and SARS-CoV-2…

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