A sarbecovirus found in Russian bats is capable of using human ACE2 to enter cells, and is resistant to the antibodies of people vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 (IMAGE)

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A sarbecovirus found in Russian bats is capable of using human ACE2 to enter cells, and is resistant to the antibodies of people vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2

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Researchers assessed a sarbecovirus that is found in Russian lesser horseshoe bats and capable of using human ACE2 to enter cells, and is resistant to the antibodies of people vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2.

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João Manuel Lemos Lima, Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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