{"id":18856,"date":"2020-09-07T12:58:17","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T12:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/video\/how-sars-cov-2-infection-occurs\/"},"modified":"2020-09-07T12:58:17","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T12:58:17","slug":"how-sars-cov-2-infection-occurs","status":"publish","type":"video","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/how-sars-cov-2-infection-occurs","title":{"rendered":"How SARS-CoV-2 infection occurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">Since COVID-19 emerged as a major public health emergency, researchers have been working hard to understand the biology of SARS-CoV-2\u2014the causative pathogen\u2014and how it infects human cells. This knowledge is critical not just to understanding the epidemiology of the disease but also to identifying potential drug targets and designing vaccines. 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