NIH's Role In Sustaining the U.S. Economy | 2023 Update Now Available
Announcing Research 101 | UMR Answers Common Questions About NIH Research in this New Fact Sheet Series
Read UMR's Dec. 8 Letter to Congressional Leadership on the Urgent Need to Pass an FY23 Omnibus Appropriations Bill
Why Invest in NIH Research? | UMR Offers Fact Sheets Explaining Why Congress Must #keepNIHstrong
Privacy Policy © 2023 United For Medical Research. All Rights Reserved.

A participant in the NIH 2019-2020 Medical Research Scholars Program.

Photo Credit: National Institutes of Health

About This Photo

SARS-CoV-2 protein blocks an essential step in host gene expression, new discovery finds

Vanderbilt University biochemist Yi Ren is part of a team that has identified a new behavior of a SARS-CoV-2 protein and discovered that interfering with its function can block virus replication in host cells. This opens up the potential for new therapeutic targets for COVID-19.