Rabies breakthrough offers fresh hope

[Eldorado]

"Researchers have discovered a way to stop rabies from shutting down critical responses in the immune system, a breakthrough that could pave the way for new tools to fight the deadly disease.

"Rabies kills almost 60,000 people each year, mostly affecting poor and rural communities.

"It is hoped that the discovery could lead to new and improved vaccines, including oral vaccines for dogs – which are responsible for the vast majority of transmissions to humans.

"The study, published in Cell Reports and carried out by teams at Monash University and the University of Melbourne, provides crucial information about how the rabies virus targets the body."

At the UK Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/nov/15/rabies-breakthrough-offers-fresh-hope-in-battle-against-deadly-virus

"Structural Elucidation of Viral Antagonism of Innate Immunity at the STAT1 Interface"

Research paper at Cell: https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(19)31320-8?