Inside the body, the coronavirus is even more sinister than scientists had realized
by Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times
Jun 26, 2020
3 minutes
The new coronavirus's reputation for messing with scientists' assumptions has taken a truly creepy turn.
Researchers exploring the interaction between the coronavirus and its hosts have discovered that when the SARS-CoV-2 virus infects a human cell, it sets off a ghoulish transformation. Obeying instructions from the virus, the newly infected cell sprouts multi-pronged tentacles studded with viral particles.
These disfigured zombie cells appear to be using those streaming filaments, or filopodia, to reach still-healthy neighboring cells. The protuberances appear to bore into the
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