A Chinese team discovered a new bat coronavirus that poses a risk of animal-to-human transmission as it uses the same human ...
Chinese scientists have identified a new bat coronavirus, HKU5-CoV-2, capable of binding to human cells, raising fresh ...
The virus can bind to the human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor—the same receptor used by SARS-CoV-2 to ...
HKU5-CoV-2 was found by a Chinese research team led by virologist Shi Zhengli, known as "Batwoman" for her work on ...
A Chinese team discovered a new bat coronavirus that poses a risk of animal-to-human transmission as it uses the same human ...
Research was led by Shi Zhengli, a virologist known as the ‘batwoman’, who is best known for her work on coronaviruses at a ...
More than five years on, studies suggest the animal is the most likely culprit, but other candidates haven't been ruled out.