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"To cut a long story short... TMPRSS2 is cleaving the FCS of Spike at the infected cell membrane. When ACE2 is co-expressed with TMPRSS2 it blocks this cleavage event. Solute carriers work by quarantining ACE2 from TMPRSS2 & in doing so free TMPRSS2 to cut the FCS."
#Omicron Paradox

#WOHC2026 Late Breaker: 🦌 SARS-CoV-2 B.1 extinct in humans since 2022 circulates in white-tailed deer, evolving #Omicron mutations independently. Demonstrates wildlife as viral evolutionary incubators with spillback risk 💡 #OneHealth #PandemicPreparedness