Researchers develop molecular traps to target SARS-CoV-2

A research team led by scientists at UC Riverside and UCLA has engineered novel nanoparticles to serve as "molecular traps" to target SARS-CoV-2, the virus that spreads COVID-19. The traps bind to SARS-CoV-2 and prevent it from attacking macrophages—white blood cell that surround and kill microorganisms.