Sunday 25 October 2020

Open Sesame! Researchers discovered the second ‘key’ used by the SARS-CoV-2 virus to enter into human cells | University of Helsinki

Open Sesame! Researchers discovered the second ‘key’ used by the SARS-CoV-2 virus to enter into human cells | University of Helsinki

To efficiently infect human cells, SARS-CoV-2 is able to use a receptor called Neuropilin-1, which is very abundant in many human tissues
Read more: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/news/health-news/open-sesame-researchers-discovered-the-second-key-used-by-the-sars-cov-2-virus-to-enter-into-human-cells?source=Snapzu

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