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Coronavirus science | Week in review: ‘Long Covid’, second ‘key’ and attacked by the immune system – Health24
What makes the new coronavirus infectious; ‘long Covid’ and factors which may reveal whether you’ll suffer long term; and some patients attacked by their own immune…
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READ | Researchers discover a second ‘key’ that makes the new coronavirus infectious
As the number of confirmed global SARS-CoV-2 infections nears 44 million, scientists are still battling to understand what makes the virus so effective and transmissive.
But a new study may have the answer: The virus is using a second protein, called neuropilin-1, to facilitate entry into human cells.
The first receptor, angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), was discovered during the…
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