Humans and other vertebrates have a great weapon against infection: the immune response. Examples of proteins involved in this phenomenon may be, for example, the Mx protein. However, this answer is not always effective. This is because there are some viruses that manipulate the cells to be unable to defend.
That is precisely what the first time in mice has shown a team of scientists Monecular Biology Center Severo Ochoa (CBMSO). In particular, through their research have demonstrated how viruses cause infection prevents host cell protein synthesizing espousing antiviral anti-life.
These scientists have been able to prove this because they have designed a methodology to quantify protein synthesis of both living tissue and the host of the virus.
Scientists believe that the techniques used for their discovery will have implications for the study of host-parasite interaction, opening new doors for future studies.
