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Cell-jacking proteins could be the key to cracking Zika and dengue

Targeting common host proteins used by different viruses to manipulate human cells could lead to new treatments.
  1. Amy Maxmen
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Dengue and Zika viruses replicate inside people by hijacking some of the same proteins, according to a study1 published on 13 December in Cell.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-07754-7

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