UNIVERSITY OF UTAH IMAGE: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR JESSICA KRAMER HAS LEARNED THAT MUCINS, A PROTEIN IN HUMAN MUCUS, ACTS AS A BARRIER THAT PREVENTS VIRUSES LIKE COVID-19 FROM SPREADING THROUGH CONTAMINATED SURFACES. HER RESEARCH REVEALS WHY THE CORONAVIRUS LARGELY DOES NOT SPREAD BY TOUCHING SURFACES LIKE COUNTERTOPS OR OBJECTS. CREDIT: DAN...
