"Mouse Cells Successfully Produce COVID Receptor Protein, Scientists Report"
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and Columbia University have successfully produced large quantities of the human ACE2 receptor protein, which the SARS-CoV-2 virus binds to, in mouse cells. This achievement provides a new method for studying these receptors and potentially utilizing them for therapeutic purposes. The team's approach, described in a recent journal publication, could also facilitate the production of other complex proteins that have been challenging to create using traditional methods.