A small-molecule that mimicks anti-flu antibodies
A small-molecule that mimicks anti-flu antibodies Flu is a serious health problem: what are we doing about it? Flu makes millions of people ill and kills hundreds of thousands every year. At the moment, seasonal flu vaccines are the best available defence against...
High-throughput/high-content virology and screening
High-throughput/high-content virology and screening In the past decade, high-throughput screening has become a critical tool in antiviral discovery. More recently, advances in high-throughput and high-content imaging have further advanced unbiased phenotypic...
The virus of the month: RSV
The virus of the month: RSV With about 34 million infections per year, 10% of which require hospitalization, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common cause of annual winter lower respiratory tract infections. While for young healthy adults RSV causes mild...
ChAT to fight viral infection
ChAT to fight viral infection Say ‘cholinergic’ and most biologists will think of the autonomic nervous system and acetylcholine’s role as a neurotransmitter. But do you know that T and B cells, macrophages and dendritic cells all express most of the components needed...Page 20 of 33