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The vaccines target the virus’s spike protein, teaching the immune system to mass-produce neutralizing antibodies that can prevent it from linking to ACE2 receptors on cells.

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After analyzing the coronavirus-ACE2 bond, the researchers came up with protein fragments called peptides that can appear to the virus to be a portion of the ACE2 receptor.

These peptides would bind to the SARS-CoV-2 virus’ spike protein, blocking the virus from infecting cells.

This is because the virus Spike protein is already bound to something that it needs to use in order to bind to the cell,” co-lead author of the study Amit Sharma said in a statement.

Sharma and his team analyzed images of the coronavirus spike protein and the ACE2 receptor, zooming in on the regions where the two elements interact.

After understanding the chemical connections, they focused on the spiral ribbon-like tail of the ACE2 receptor for designing the peptides.

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