Peptide synthesized at University of São Paulo acts as molecular shield to prevent SARS-CoV-2 from infecting cells (IMAGE)

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Peptide synthesized at University of São Paulo acts as molecular shield to prevent SARS-CoV-2 from infecting cells

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The figure shows the interaction between the synthetic ACE2 peptide (yellow) and the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. The spikes of the original viral strain from Wuhan and the omicron variant are colored blue and red respectively 

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illustration: Jadson C. Santos

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