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/PRNewswire/ -- Thylacine Biotherapeutics Inc. ("Thylacine Bio"), a privately held biotech company dedicated to combating infectious disease, announced today...
This article will highlight some of the selective pressures that can shape viral evolution, focusing on human parainfluenza virus (HPIV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). <br />
By engineering a short chunk of protein, or peptide, that can prevent the attachment of human parainfluenza viruses to cells, researchers have improved a method in rodent models intended to help keep children healthy.
Scientists develop better way to block viruses causing respiratory infections in children ANI | Updated: May 11, 2021 11:29 IST Washington [US], May 11 (ANI): Researchers have improved a method in rodent models intended to help keep children healthy by engineering a short chunk of protein, or peptide, that can prevent the attachment of human parainfluenza viruses to cells. Human parainfluenza viruses, or HPIVs, are the leading cause of childhood respiratory infections, responsible for 30 per cent to 40 per cent of illnesses like croup and pneumonia. The v...
Date Time Scientists develop better way to block viruses that cause childhood respiratory infections The anti-viral peptide is made up of three corkscrews (in green), which lock around the virus’s fusion protein (in orange) to prevent the virus from entering cells. The Gellman lab added unique beta amino acids to the peptide (in purple) in a way that didn’t interfere with this crucial interaction and made the peptide more stable. Images by Victor Outlaw. By engineering a short chunk of protein, or peptide, that can prevent the attachment of human parainfluenza viruses to cells, researcher...