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A second pathway into cells for SARS-CoV-2: New understanding of the neuropilin-1 protein could speed vaccine research

  • Written by Rajesh Khanna, Professor of Pharmacology, University of Arizona
imageThe Spike protein on the surface of SARS-CoV-2 must bind to proteins on the surface of human cells to trigger an infection.KTSDESIGN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images

When it comes to how the coronavirus invades a cell, it takes three to tango. The dance began with the ACE2 receptor, a protein on human cells that allows SARS-CoV-2, the virus that...

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