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2019 Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is a virus identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness Covid-19 first detected in Wuhan, China.
To help expedite Covid-19 research, LifeTein synthesized a 69 amino acid spike glycoprotein with one disulfide bond in 6 days. This effort is a partnership with a biotech company for drug development.