Pathway to Reproduction

Cleveland Clinic researchers have discovered a new biochemical pathway that is essential for the reproduction of the animal virus, vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), a virus belonging to the family that causes rabies, measles, Marburg Disease, and Ebola, and many others. “Finding small molecules that can disrupt VSV mRNA capping activity could lead to discovery of antivirals not only against VSV but other viruses belonging to this class of viruses that are highly pathogenic,” Dr. Banerjee said