research exposes new vulnerability in sars-cov-2
research exposes new vulnerability in sars-cov-2
however, it appears to be cleaved by an enzyme (furin) that is abundant in lungs, which suggests the cleavage site is crucial for virus entry into human cells. with this new information, olvera de la cruz and qiao next plan to work with northwestern chemists and pharmacologists to design a new drug that could bind to the spike protein.