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How coronavirus damages lung cells within mere hours – EurekAlert
Boston University team has revealed the most comprehensive map to date of all the molecular activities that are triggered inside lung cells at the onset of coronavirus…
IMAGE: Human lung cells (blue) infected with SARS-CoV-2 (red). Courtesy of Hekman, et al.
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Credit: Courtesy of Hekman, et al.
What if scientists knew exactly what impact the SARS-CoV-2 virus had inside our lung cells, within the first few hours of being infected? Could they use that information to find drugs that would disrupt the virus’ replication process before it ever gets fully underway? The discovery that several existing FDA-approved drugs–including some originally designed to…
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