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A Spoonful of (Modified) Sugar as an Antiviral Medicine

A Spoonful of (Modified) Sugar as an Antiviral Medicine

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Figure 1: A negative stain transmission electron micrograph of Influenza virions Source: Wikimedia Commons Researchers at the University of Manchester have developed a new sugar-based virucidal medicine that is effective against a broad array of viruses (Jones et al., 2020). Cyclodextrins (also called CDs) are non-toxic cyclic glucose oligosaccharides produced as a result of starch …

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The Next Source of Antibiotics: Viruses

The Next Source of Antibiotics: Viruses

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Figure 1: A computer-generated image of a bacteriophage called a levivirus along with its mapped genome. The Lysis gene is also known as sgi and produces antibiotic proteins Source: Wikimedia Commons We have a crisis on our hands: bacteria are developing resistance to our most effective antibiotics. Many of these are inhibitors of proteins that …

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N501Y COVID-19 Variants -- Should We Be Worried?

N501Y COVID-19 Variants – Should We Be Worried?

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Figure 1: 3D printed models of the SARS-CoV-2 virion (the blue sphere in the background) decorated with spike proteins and a larger model of the spike protein (the multi-colored shape in the foreground; the Receptor Binding Domain is the green section of the model) Source: Wikimedia Commons The so-called “UK”, “Brazil”, and “South Africa” variants …

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This page is a historical record of past and present ICJS writers and writing projects From the Fall of 2020 to the Spring of 2022, ICJS writing revolved around the work of individual staff writers writing solo articles. Each ICJS staff writer is listed below and a page with their individual work is linked. Since …

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