Hmmm just another coincidence in a very very long line of coincidence?
Study finds lung cells regulate SARS-CoV-2 infection
Study finds lung cells regulate SARS-CoV-2 infection
Researchers at UC Berkeley’s Hsu Lab identified human lung proteins that can either promote or restrict infection from SARS-CoV-2.
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After manipulating one gene in each cell and exposing the cells to the virus, the researchers waited to see which cells would survive, according to campus assistant specialist and lead study author Sylvia Sarnik. They then took the surviving cells and sequenced the genes to discover which knocked-out gene helped the cell survive.
“Mucins are important for maintaining homeostatic conditions, such as detecting injury and surface stresses,” Biering said. “We found many different mucin proteins were important for restricting the virus.”
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