Abstract: A method of preventing, reducing a risk of, or treating a virus infection, or preventing or treating a symptom caused by the virus in a subject, said method comprising administering to said subject an effective amount of a fusion protein, wherein the fusion protein comprises a variant angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) domain covalently fused to a Fc domain. The variant ACE2 domain comprises a N-terminal deletion, a C-terminal deletion, or both, relative to a full-length wildtype ACE2 having a SEQ ID NO. 1, and the variant ACE2 domain has ACE2 activity. The virus may be SARS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2, or MERS-CoV. The symptom comprises Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH), or Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Abstract: A fusion protein, comprising a variant angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) domain covalently fused to a Fc domain. The variant ACE2 domain has a N-terminal deletion, a C-terminal deletion, or both, relative to a full-length wildtype ACE2 having a SEQ ID NO: 1. The variant ACE2 domain has ACE2 activity.

Abstract: The application provides methods for generating a therapeutic composition. The method includes the steps of providing a cell material comprising a cytotoxic cell, incubating the cell material with a first GNC protein to provide an activated cell composition, wherein the activated cell composition comprises a first therapeutic cell, and formulating the activated cell composition to provide a therapeutic composition, wherein the therapeutic composition is substantially free of exogenous viral and non-viral DNA or RNA. The first GNC protein comprises a first cytotoxic binding moiety and a first cancer targeting moiety, wherein the first cytotoxic binding moiety has a specificity to a first cytotoxic cell receptor and is configured to activate the first cytotoxic cell, and wherein the first cancer targeting moiety has a specificity to a first cancer cell receptor. The first therapeutic cell comprises the first GNC protein bound to the cytotoxic cell through the first cytotoxic cell receptor.