Placenta lacks major molecules used by SARS-CoV-2 virus to cause infection

Tuesday, July 14, 2020 - 10:11 in Biology & Nature

he placental membranes that contain the fetus and amniotic fluid lack the messenger RNA (mRNA) molecule required to manufacture the ACE2 receptor, the main cell surface receptor used by the SARS-CoV-2 virus to cause infection, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health. Their findings appear in the journal eLife. These placental […]

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