{"id":213987,"date":"2025-05-14T06:34:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T11:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/scientists-reveal-crystal-structure-of-protein-that-allows-viruses-to-infect-cells-in-human-airway"},"modified":"2025-05-14T06:34:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T11:34:17","slug":"scientists-reveal-crystal-structure-of-protein-that-allows-viruses-to-infect-cells-in-human-airway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/scientists-reveal-crystal-structure-of-protein-that-allows-viruses-to-infect-cells-in-human-airway","title":{"rendered":"Scientists reveal crystal structure of protein that allows viruses to infect cells in human airway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FCdyVRp0C3w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>New research by scientists at the University of Toronto and the Structural Genomics Consortium has deepened our understanding of how viruses like the flu, common cold, and COVID-19 get into cells in human airways.<\/p>\n<p>Using the Canadian Light Source at the University of Saskatchewan, the researchers identified for the first time the crystal structures of a human protein (TMPRSS11D) that viruses use as a doorway into our body. The study is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-025-59677-3\" target=\"_blank\">published<\/a> in the journal Nature Communications.<\/p>\n<p>Understanding how viruses use our proteins to gain entry into our cells will help researchers develop better ways to stop infections in their tracks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New research by scientists at the University of Toronto and the Structural Genomics Consortium has deepened our understanding of how viruses like the flu, common cold, and COVID-19 get into cells in human airways. Using the Canadian Light Source at the University of Saskatchewan, the researchers identified for the first time the crystal structures of [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-213987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213987\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}