SARS-CoV-2 Could Use Nanotubes to Infect the Brain; Stressed cells can form hollow actin bridges to neighbors to get help, but the virus may hijack these tiny tunnels for its own purposes
by Paul Alexander
a study published yesterday (July 20) in Science Advances suggests that the virus may be shuttling itself through tiny tubes that extend from infected host cells.
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SARS-CoV-2 Could Use Nanotubes to Infect the Brain
Tunneling nanotubes provide a route for SARS-CoV-2 spreading