CNCCS SCARL Collezione Nazionale Dei Composti Chimici E Centro Screening and IRBM SpA have prepared new serine protease NS3/non-structural protein 2B (NS3/NS2B) (dengue virus) and/or (West Nile virus) and/or (Zika virus) and/or Japanese encephalitis virus inhibitors.
A global consortium led by Adaptvac ApS aims to design and test a new vaccine that could offer broad protection against several filoviruses, including Zaire ebolavirus, Sudan ebolavirus and Marburg virus.
Researchers from Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital Universitario de La Princesa and collaborators have developed nanoparticles loaded with poly(I:C) and used them to prime monocyte-derived dendritic cells (Nano-PIC-MDDC), which in turn activate natural killer cells to eliminate HIV-infected CD4+ T cells.
Researchers from Purdue University and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recently developed a novel influenza vaccine candidate that uses a bovine adenoviral (BAd) vector to deliver nucleoprotein (NP) antigens from both influenza A and B viruses, along with an autophagy-inducing peptide (C5) to enhance cellular immune responses, particularly T-cell responses.
Researchers from the Institute for Basic Science of Korea and collaborating institutions have designed a new class of peptide-based inhibitors targeting a crucial interface within the SARS-CoV-2 replication complex, offering a potential new avenue for antiviral therapy.
Scientists at Helmholtz Zentrum für Infektionsforschung GmbH, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen and Université de Lausanne have synthesized energy-coupling factor (ECF) transporter (bacterial) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of enterococcal and streptococcal infections.
Octant Inc. has received a $4.9 million grant from the Gates Foundation to support a new therapeutics program focused on human papillomavirus (HPV)-related cancers. The initiative will develop affordable, broad-spectrum, small-molecule antiviral drugs designed to disrupt the interaction between hundreds of variants of the HPV E6 protein and the tumor suppressor protein p53.
Work at Emory University has led to the development of peptidomimetic compounds acting as protease (viral) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of viral infections.
Gilead Sciences Inc. has synthesized indoline compounds acting as DNA helicase-primase complex (human herpes simplex virus) and viral replication inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of herpes virus infection.