Three deadly coronaviruses – SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV-1, and MERS-CoV – may share the same vulnerabilities. This is the conclusion reached by American experts from the Institute of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Georgia.
According to Science magazine, the viruses that cause COVID-19 and SARS have a common drug target. This is a group of molecules belonging to a pathogen or host organism that is treated by a drug.
Scientists have found more than 300 proteins produced by the infected cell that interact with SARS-CoV-2. Of these, 20 molecules were selected that affect how many viral particles of each of the three coronaviruses are synthesized in human cells.
It is noted that this observation makes it possible to create a universal drug against these pathogens.
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