Soluble Ace2 Coronavirus Treatment
by Ramon Andrade 3dciencia/science Photo Library
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Soluble Ace2 Coronavirus Treatment
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Ramon Andrade 3dciencia/science Photo Library
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Potential covid-19 treatment. Illustration of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) molecules (red) in solution around a SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus particle (yellow). This coronavirus, first identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, causes the respiratory disease covid-19. The virus infects human cells by its spike (S) protein (blue) attaching to ACE2 receptors on the cell surface. Soluble ACE2 could be used as a therapy to treat covid-19, the molecule would attach to the viral S proteins, preventing them from attaching to and infecting cells.
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February 18th, 2021
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