Tricking Coronavirus With a Fake ‘Handshake’ –Scientists Develop Peptides That Could Inactivate COVIDGood News Networkon Marzo 6, 2021 at 9:16 pm on Marzo 6, 2021 at 9:16 pm on Marzo 6, 2021 at 9:16 pm All News – Good News Network
Fool the novel coronavirus once and it can’t cause infection of cells, new research suggests. Scientists have developed protein fragments—called peptides—that fit snugly into a groove on the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein that it would normally use to access a host cell. These peptides effectively trick the virus into “shaking hands” with a replica rather than