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Bacteria Could Provide Us with Next Antivirals – Mirage News
Virus-fighting viperins, part of the human immune system, turn out to have bacterial counterparts that might boost the fight against human disease …
By tracking the evolution of what may be our oldest means of fighting off viral infection, a group at the Weizmann Institute of Science has uncovered a gold mine of antiviral substances that may lead to the development of highly effective antiviral drugs. These substances are made by virus-fighting enzymes known as viperins, which were previously known to exist only in mammals, and have now been found in bacteria. The molecules produced by the bacterial viperins are currently undergoing testing …
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