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Study reports new compound halting replication of COVID by targeting 'Mac-1' protein in cell models - EurekAlert


Research from the University of Kansas and University of Oulu in Finland shows for the first time SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, can be inhibited from replicating in living cell cultures using a compound that targets “Mac-1,” a protein key to defending SARS-CoV-2 against the human immune response. 

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