Coronavirus Spike Protein Binder Design

Re:Coronavirus Spike Protein Binder Design by pas on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @05:38AM (#22473331)

Isn't blood pretty good at this?

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Re:Coronavirus Spike Protein Binder Design by amelius on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @06:58AM (#22473676)

I'm not a biologist but I suppose that not every kind of protein enters any kind of cell.

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Re:Coronavirus Spike Protein Binder Design by sp332 on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @11:09AM (#22475690)

You need these proteins to interfere with viruses before they enter cells, so that part is probably fine.

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Re:Coronavirus Spike Protein Binder Design by pas on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @12:35PM (#22476701)

Where the virus can go the antiviral can go too (because it's much smaller, only targeting a smaller protein spike on the surface of the viral envelope).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus#/media/File:3D_med... [the N protein is supposedly the nucleocapsid, which is basically/maybe another envelope around the RNA]

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Re:Coronavirus Spike Protein Binder Design by hkt on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @06:43AM (#22473606)

Only if you want to deliver indiscriminantly

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Re:Coronavirus Spike Protein Binder Design by Gravityloss on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @06:47AM (#22473626)

A lozenge? A nose spray?

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Re:Coronavirus Spike Protein Binder Design by rolph on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @11:22AM (#22475869)

yes that is workable but a nebulizer is what is currently being proposed.

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