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Protein in lungs might stop coronavirus: study – 台北時報

A protein that protects the lungs against pathogens has the potential to thwart SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) researchers…

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A protein that protects the lungs against pathogens has the potential to thwart SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) researchers have said.
The discovery, made by a team led by university professor Wang Jiu-yao (), was published by Frontier in Immunology, a peer-reviewed scientific journal, on Tuesday last week.
The human surfactant protein D (SP-D) is a molecule whose presence on the mucosal surfaces of the lungs plays an immune surveillance role against pulmonary…

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