Argentine Scientists Identified a Possible Common Weak Spot in Viruses Such as Dengue, Zika and Yellow Fever
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A team from the Conicet revealed that all viruses of the genus orthoflavivirus share an essential piece to multiply in the cell and identified molecules that, by joining this structure, inhibit the process. The discovery lays the foundation for the development of common antiviral treatments for these diseases.
Twenty years ago, the group led by virologist Andrea Gamarnik, a researcher at CONICET at the Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de Buenos Aires (IIBBA, CONICET-Fundación Instituto Leloir), revealed how the dengue virus replicates its genetic material and infects mosquitoes and humans. This finding on a virus that is estimated to infect between 100 and 400 million people on the planet each year earned the researcher of CONICET worldwide re…
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