The paper, published on The Journal of Biological Chemistry, is led by experts Carlos J. Ciudad and Verónica Noé, from the UB-s Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences and the Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN²UB), in collaboration with Ramon Eritja and Anna Aviñó, from the CSIC-s IQAC and the Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine Networking Biomedical Research Centre (CIBER-BBN). Researchers Miguel Chillón, from the Institute of Neuroscience of the Universitat Auténoma de Barcelona (INc - UAB) and Noemí Sevilla and José Manuel Rojas, from the Animal Health Research Centre (CISA - CSIC) have also played an important role. The study has also received the support of La Marató de TV3 2020, dedicated to promoting research against COVID-19.
Polypurine hairpins to inhibit the virus that causes COVID-19
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In May 2023, the World Health Organization declared that the COVID-19 pandemic was no longer a global emergency. However, many people worldwide are still infected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
