Viruses survive by gaining entry into cells and then commandeering molecular machinery there to reproduce them. When released, these viral copies infect other cells, spreading the infection. In the May Chemistry & Biology, scientists working with the herpes simplex virus (HSV) report that they’ve found a compound that interferes with the interaction of two viral proteins within an infected cell, thereby preventing the virus from replicating.
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