Ending childhood respiratory infections.
Human parainfluenza viruses are the leading cause of childhood respiratory infections. There are currently no available vaccines for the most prevalent of these viruses. Research from the University of Wisconsin shows that engineering suitable short chunks of protein can prevent the attachment of human parainfluenza viruses to cells.
The work has recently been published in JACS: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.1c01565
#sciencenews #healthcare #health #medicine #vaccine
Human parainfluenza viruses are the leading cause of childhood respiratory infections. There are currently no available vaccines for the most prevalent of these viruses. Research from the University of Wisconsin shows that engineering suitable short chunks of protein can prevent the attachment of human parainfluenza viruses to cells.
The work has recently been published in JACS: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.1c01565
#sciencenews #healthcare #health #medicine #vaccine
ACS Publications
Engineering Protease-Resistant Peptides to Inhibit Human Parainfluenza Viral Respiratory Infection
The lower respiratory tract infections affecting children worldwide are in large part caused by the parainfluenza viruses (HPIVs), particularly HPIV3, along with human metapneumovirus and respiratory syncytial virus, enveloped negative-strand RNA viruses.…