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Researchers identify critical molecules that coronaviruses hijack to infect human cells
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Researchers identify critical molecules that coronaviruses hijack to infect human cells

by  Gladstone Institutes Melanie Ott co-led a study with researchers from Gladstone, the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, UC San Francisco, and Synthego Corporation that points toward ways to treat not only COVID-19, but future coronaviruses that might emerge. Credit: Gladstone Institutes When a coronavirus—including SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19—infects someone, it hijacks the person’s cells, co-opting their molecular machinery for...