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New discovery could lead to new anti-viral drugs to shut down and eliminate Covid-19 before it enters human cells

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Scientists believe they may have discovered a new way to combat the Covid-19 virus. An international team from Bristol University believes that small molecule anti-viral drugs could be developed to help stop the virus from infecting human cells.

Sars-CoV-2 is the virus which causes Covid-19. The scientists have found a "druggable" pocket within a Sars-CoV-2 spike protein which they hope could lead to new anti-viral drugs to shut down and eliminate the virus before it enters human cells.

They describe the findings, published in the Science journal, as a potential "game changer" in defeating the current pandemic.

Spike proteins, which are on the surface of the virus, are a key element for infections of the human cells. The researchers found a

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