Protein ID'd as possible universal therapeutic target for many infections, including Ebola

(Virginia Commonwealth University) A protein called GRP78 could be a universal therapeutic target for treating human diseases like brain cancer, Ebola, Influenza, Hepatitis and superbug bacteria such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, according to a Virginia Commonwealth University-led pre-clinical study published this month in the Journal of Cellular Physiology.