Monday, December 07, 2020

Animal tests reveal synthetic decoy protein protects against coronavirus

Good news! This sounds like a very elegant solution! If this new remedy is effective in vivo as well, this could be a breakthrough to find a cure for other virus infections as well!

"... Combining de novo design and directed evolution, they created a protein that binds to Sars-CoV-2 spike protein, blocking its infection pathway. The protein neutralises the virus in vitro and shows promising results in hamsters, protecting them from coronavirus infection after a small intranasal dose. ..."

Animal tests reveal synthetic decoy protein protects against coronavirus | Research | Chemistry World (behind paywall) Protein designed from scratch binds Sars-CoV-2 with high affinity and specificity

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