Thursday, February 27, 2020

New Technique Helps Uncover How Coronaviruses Enter Cells

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Thursday, February 27, 2020

New Technique Helps Uncover How Coronaviruses Enter Cells

Scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round gold objects) emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. Credit: NIAID-RML

Researchers at NIAID's Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, Montana, describe a new approach that can rapidly identify the receptor proteins that coronaviruses—like SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19—use to infect cells. Their findings were published Monday in Nature Microbiology.

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