When the SARS-CoV-2 virus enters the human body, it breaks into cells with the help of two proteins that it finds there, ACE2 and TMPRSS2. While there has been much discussion of viral infection in ...

They found that those who became infected had higher levels of gene expression for two key proteins -- ACE2 and TMPRSS2. ACE2 allows the virus to enter nasal cells, while TMPRSS2 helps activate ...

The company’s lead antiviral product is the ACE2-antivirus, a novel multivalent neutralizing therapeutic targeting all SARS coronaviruses utilizing ACE2 as a cell-entry receptor (Fig.