A coronavirus and its bendy spikes (IMAGE)

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

A coronavirus and its bendy spikes

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A new study shows how the spikes of an infectious coronavirus bend on a tiny hinge, and how disabling those hinges could reduce infection. 

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Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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