this mimics the natural sugars made of sialic acid on the surface of cells and tricks the virus spike into binding onto the nanoparticle and not the cell; could go in an anti-viral nasal spray if it works as well as they hope
Mary Branscombe
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Scientists Develop Sugar-Coated Nanoparticle That Blocks COVID-19 Virus From Binding to Human Cells Reduces Infection by ~99% in Lab Experiments
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Groundbreaking research led by a Swansea University academic has revealed a synthetic glycosystem - a sugar-coated polymer nanoparticle - that can block Covid-19 from infecting human cells, reducing i...