Tag: Coronavirus Disease COVI

Cell-to-cell contact helps in spreading SARS-CoV-2, finds study

People aren’t the only ones who should be social distancing — new research shows our cells need to as well. Researchers from Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, USA, used in-culture techniques to confirm severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission via cell-to-cell contact. While the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor is the entry

Some heart medications may facilitate SARS-CoV-2 infection through increasing ACE2 receptor levels

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has continued to ravage much of the world since it first emerged in December 2019. An interesting poster, just presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 2021, reports an association between the