New compound inhibits enzyme crucial to MERS, SARS viruses -- with a catch
Tuesday, September 9, 2014 - 03:10
in Health & Medicine
A compound that effectively inhibits an enzyme crucial to the viruses that cause Middle East respiratory syndrome and severe acute respiratory syndrome has been identified by researchers. The compound appears to have a different method of inhibition in each virus due to slight differences in each virus' enzyme which means finding other compounds that inhibit both may be difficult.