Respiratory virus builds 'doorbell' to trick its way into cells
Thursday, June 4, 2020 - 11:51
in Health & Medicine
New research from microbiologists has shed light on how the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) -- one of the most common viral infections -- breaks into our cells to cause infection. Researchers discovered that RSV tricks cells into letting it in by essentially ringing a doorbell that calls its receptor to the virus waiting at the door.