Illustration
This graphic illustration shows how a SARS-CoV-2 protease attaches to a new molecule. The new molecule is meant to slow the virus inside an...
![This graphic illustration shows how a SARS-CoV-2 protease attaches to a new molecule. The new molecule is meant to slow the virus inside an infected person.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-03/sars_cov2_inhibitor_visual_final.jpg?h=d9e269fc&itok=xdr8xGob)
![A photo-collage featuring a technician at SLAC's cryo-EM facilities.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-09/covid-19-hero.jpg?h=5ac5f6a4&itok=k3I6hLDE)
Illustration
This image shows the SARS-CoV-2 virus's main protease, Mpro, and two strands of a human protein, called NEMO.
![SARS-CoV-2-NEMO](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/sars_cov2_story_la_v04.jpg?h=4e7703cc&itok=C7AunqIP)
![This image shows how SARS-CoV-2 Mpro recognizes and cuts NEMO based on the crystal structure determined using a powerful X-ray beam at SSRL Beam Line 12-2. (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/molecularstructureSARSNEMO.jpg?h=da114dbf&itok=E6dpiK24)
![The ferritin nanoparticle, shown with red center and six blue spikes.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/Spike-ferritin.jpg?h=06ac0d8c&itok=EmnXm6UK)