UCLouvain scientists have succeeded in blocking the Covid-19 virus and avoiding its interaction with our cells.
Since the start of the pandemic, scientists from UCLouvain have been investigating the molecular mechanisms used by the virus to infect our cells. The goal? Develop an antiviral that prevents infection.
“From the start of the crisis, we were interested in how the virus contaminates our cellssays David Alsteens, FNRS qualified researcher and WELBIO investigator at the Institute of Biomolecular Sciences and Technologies of UCLouvain. We have been working for six years on these mechanisms, to know how this process translates into an effective infection on our cells. When the Covid appeared in China, we were immediately interested in this mechanism and we then tried to understand what are the stages of connection and how it translates at the level of the entry of the virus into human cells. “