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Treatments for poxviruses – including those causing mpox and smallpox – may already exist in licensed drugs

09 August 2023

Scientists have discovered how poxviruses evade natural defences in living cells, and realised that drugs to stop them doing this are already available.

Study identifies genetic changes likely to have enabled SARS-CoV-2 to jump from bats to humans

08 January 2021

A new study, involving the University of Cambridge and led by the Pirbright Institute, has identified key genetic changes in SARS-CoV-2 - the virus that causes COVID-19 - that may be responsible for the jump from bats to humans, and established which animals have cellular receptors that allow the virus to enter their cells most effectively.

African Horse Sickness: mapping how a deadly disease might spread in the UK

25 May 2013

A disease lethal to horses, until now confined to hot countries, could arrive in the UK. New research creates a picture of its possible spread and pinpoints the area that would be worse hit.

Articles about 'The Pirbright Institute'

Treatments for poxviruses – including those causing mpox and smallpox – may already exist in licensed drugs

Study identifies genetic changes likely to have enabled SARS-CoV-2 to jump from bats to humans

African Horse Sickness: mapping how a deadly disease might spread in the UK

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