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Researchers uncover potential new target for anti-COVID-19 therapies – News-Medical.Net
Researchers from Cleveland Clinic’s Florida Research and Innovation Center have identified a potential new target for anti-COVID-19 therapies.
Researchers from Cleveland Clinic’s Florida Research and Innovation Center (FRIC) have identified a potential new target for anti-COVID-19 therapies. Their findings were published in Nature Microbiology.
Led by FRIC scientific director Michaela Gack, Ph.D., the team discovered that a coronavirus enzyme called PLpro (papain-like protease) blocks the body’s immune response to the infection. More research is necessary, but the findings suggest that therapeutics that inhibit the enzyme may help treat…
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