“We suspect that we’ve found a key spot for neutralizing ebolaviruses,” says Associate Professor Erica Ollmann Saphire.
The consortium brings together Scripps Research and four other institutions on San Diego’s Torrey Pines mesa to pursue projects in stem cell science.
The discovery from the Micalizio lab has implications for modern drug discovery.
The grant to Assistant Professor Susana Valente will fund the study of a new compound that blocks a step of HIV replication not targeted by current therapies.