Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is highly pathogenic to humans and has created an unprecedented global health care threat. Globally, intense efforts are going on to discover a vaccine or new drug molecules to control the COVID-19. However, till today, there is no effective therapeutics or treatment available for COVID-19.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe outbreak of respiratory disease, COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 has now been spread globally and the number of new infections is rising every moment. There are no specific medications that are currently available to combat the disease. The spike receptor of SARS-CoV-2 facilitates the viral entry into a host cell and initiation of infection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBacillus anthracis is a causative organism of anthrax. The main reason to use anthrax as a bioweapon is the combination of the spore's durability and the lethal toxaemia of the vegetative stage. In anthrax infection, lethal factor (LF) is playing crucial role in causing cell death, by inhibiting pathways that rely on this kinase family.
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