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Researchers discover a second ‘key’ that makes the new coronavirus infectious – Health24
In a breakthrough discovery, a protein called neuropilin-1 may explain why the new coronavirus is so “highly infectious”.
- Scientists already know that SARS-CoV-2 uses the ACE2 receptor to infect human cells.
- However, a new breakthrough explains how the virus uses a receptor called neuropilin-1 to infect human cells.
- This receptor is widespread in many human tissues.
As the number of confirmed global SARS-CoV-2 infections nears 1.7 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,…
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