by Lauren Quinn, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Plant-based burgers often promise protein comparable to their animal-based counterparts, but the way protein is expressed on current nutrition labels—a single generic value expressed in grams—can be misleading. That’s because the human body does not use “protein” per se. Instead, it needs essential...
A chemical probe molecule—a “first-gen” molecule that can be used for drug development—that targets a host cell’s protein quality control pathways can dramatically reduce infection by Dengue and Zika viruses. The research led by Lars Plate, assistant professor of chemistry and biological sciences, is a significant step toward host-directed antiviral therapeutics that act on host cells and not...
