Synthetic protocells interact with viral nanomachinery and inactivate pathogenic human virus.

We present a new antiviral strategy and research tool that could be applied to a wide range of enveloped viruses that infect human beings via membrane fusion. We test this strategy on two emerging zoonotic henipaviruses that cause fatal encephalitis in humans, Nipah (NiV) and Hendra (HeV) viruses. I...

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Main Authors: Matteo Porotto, Feng Yi, Anne Moscona, David A LaVan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-03-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0016874&type=printable
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