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Smart virus – Science Codex
HSE University researchers have found microRNA molecules that are potentially capable of repressing the replication of human coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2. It turns out that the virus uses miRNA hsa-miR-21-3p to inhibit growth in the first stages of infection in order to delay the active immune response. The results of the research have been published in the journal PeerJ.
After the virus gets inside the cell, it starts actively interacting with various in-cell molecules. One such molecul…
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