Cholesterol plays a critical role in hantavirus infection
Friday, February 7, 2014 - 11:00
in Health & Medicine
Viruses mutate fast, which means they can quickly become resistant to anti-viral drugs. But viruses also depend on proteins and nutrients provided by their hosts, and therefore one strategy to identify new anti-viral drugs is to identify and target such host-cell components. Proteins involved in the regulation of cholesterol are essential for hantavirus entry into human host cells, new research shows.