A new study published in Nature on Oct 30 unveiled artificial receptors that can target and fight different types of coronaviruses by designing them like building blocks, offering a new way to ...
The ability of the COVID-19 agent to adhere to several different receptors at once made the scientists study actively to which other types of protein molecules the coronavirus may bind and how ...
The spike protein of the coronavirus, or SARS-CoV-2, binds to ACE2, a receptor on the host cells, which allows the virus to enter the cells and infect it. Binding is the first step for infection, and ...