A new technique that shows how the Corona virus hides itself inside the human body

Scientists have discovered new insights about the ways in which the Corona virus camouflages itself inside the human body, a team of researchers has revealed in a journal Nature Communications, For insights into the mechanism that the virus uses to elude the immune system, and scientists around the world have been working for months to identify and develop treatments that combat the virus COVID-19To do this, it is necessary to understand how the virus evades detection inside the human body, and camouflages itself to hide from the immune system in the body.

Corona virus camouflages itself inside the body

The University of Texas researcher and author of the paper said: “Many researchers are looking at how the virus enters the cell, so we wanted to look at what happens when it is inside the cell, how does the virus survive and avoid immune mechanisms?”

To do this, the team examined two coronavirus proteins, known as unstructured proteins 10 and 16, using ultra-bright X-rays.

And they discovered that the Corona virus, uses some unique methods to hide its DNA, to imitate that in the host cell, so that the immune system cannot distinguish it from the body’s DNA, so it does not resist the virus.

They said, “The virus uses the classic mechanism of camouflaging and exploiting the host’s mechanism to synthesize its own protein,” adding: “It goes inside the host cell and the RNA chickpea has a similar presence in the host’s body.

The researchers said: This process is believed to be similar to that seen in previous coronaviruses, but the team noticed some unique features in the protein. -CoV-2So, understanding how this particular virus uses this protein to avoid detection will help design new treatments, and they said that what is needed is a drug that targets the virus and not the host, and knowing more about the camouflage mechanism will help develop one.

The research team also discovered our pocket is unique in the structure of proteins, which is a pocket that is not found in previous corona viruses, and the author of the research said that this gene may be a strong target for developing antivirals.

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