Scientists Figure Out How New Coronavirus Breaks Into Human Cells 

Scientists have revealed the first picture of how the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 binds with human respiratory cells in order to hijack them to produce more viruses. Researchers led by Qiang Zhou, a research fellow at Westlake University in Hangzhou, China, have revealed how the new virus attaches to a receptor on respiratory cells called angiotensin-converting enzyme 2, or ACE2. 

Source: Scientists Figure Out How New Coronavirus Breaks Into Human Cells | Portside

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