SARS-CoV-2 alters lung cell metabolism, finds IIT Kharagpur

SARS-CoV-2 alters lung cell metabolism – IIT Kharagpur Research model has shown, it could help develop therapeutics.

Covid-19 pandemic has been posing unprecedented threats to the whole world. Among its many perils is the cellular metabolic system of those who tested positive. Coronaviruses are known to hijack the metabolism of lung cells. This threat makes it absolutely imperative to understand the mechanism of metabolic reprogramming of host human cells by SARS-CoV-2.