Scientists Create Snapshot of How the New Coronavirus Latches Onto Human Cells
As countries attempt to contain the spread of the disease COVID-19 and the accompanying virus, SARS-CoV-2, scientists have produced a high-resolution image of how the virus attacks cells. The new coronavirus shares around 80 percent of its genome with SARS-CoV, the virus behind the 2003 SARS outbreak, and it attacks the same cellular receptor, called…