The novel coronavirus’ spike protein plays additional key role in illness - Salk Institute for Biological Studies

The novel coronavirus’ spike protein plays additional key role in illness - Salk Institute for Biological Studies: LA JOLLA—Scientists have known for a while that SARS-CoV-2’s distinctive “spike” proteins help the virus infect its host by latching on to healthy cells. Now, a major new study shows that the virus spike proteins (which behave very differently than those safely encoded by vaccines) also play a key role in the disease itself.