Tentacles on cells may help coronavirus spread to other cells; risk not significantly higher in ...
(World News Science)

The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for Covid-19, the illness caused by the virus. `Tentacles` on hijacked cells might help coronavirus spread When a virus infects a cell, it hijacks enzymes called kinases that control the cell`s functions. A new study identified 49 kinases hijacked by the new coronavirus, including one called CK2 that generates hair-like tentacles, called filopodia, that protrude from the cell with virus particles inside them. Researchers who led the study published in Cell on Sunday believe this may help the coronavirus to infect other cells. Kinases `are one of the...