Covid Spike (IMAGE)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Covid Spike

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New research at MIT shows that vibrations of the protein spikes on coronaviruses, including the one that causes Covid-19, play a crucial part in allowing the virus to penetrate human cells.

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Markus Buehler and Yiwen Hu/MIT

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