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Possible COVID-19 “decoy”

by Bill Snyder The novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, must bind to the cell surface receptor ACE2 to enter cells and cause infection. Recently a preclinical study by an international research team found that the presence of a recombinant soluble form of…

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Possible key to COVID-19 infectivity

by Sarah Glass While mutations are often associated with causing diseases such as cancer, Xingyi Guo, PhD, and colleagues have discovered genetic alterations that might reduce infectivity by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.   Their work…