A new treatment strategy against MERS

(Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin) First identified in 2012, the MERS-coronavirus is capable of causing severe pneumonia. There are no effective treatments for MERS. Researchers from the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin identified a cellular recycling process known as autophagy as a potential target in the fight against MERS. Autophagy-inducing substances - including licensed drugs - were shown to be capable of reducing the viral replica...