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Researchers have shown that proteases are actively used by SARS-CoV-2 for it’s entry and replication into human cells. To support research on this topic, tebu-bio provides a full range of screening kits to identify inhibitory compounds directed against these human and viral proteases .

To better understand the mechanism of SARS-CoV-2 cell entry, BPS Bioscience have developed 3 new pseudotyped lentiviruses, allowing you to study the interaction between the coronavirus Spike protein and the human ACE2 protein in a physiologically relevant context.

One of the challenges in respiratory research in general, and for COVID-19 related projects in particular, is to have access to relevant in vitro cell culture models. Human lung epithelium models are currently being tested as a platform for COVID-19 research and several cell types susceptible to SARS-CoV infection have already been identified. In this post, I’ll introduce lung primary cell models you may find useful, as well as other cell types that have been reported as involved in COVID-19 infections and the multiple severe associated syndromes.