The rare but life-threatening illness currently surging among the residents of Yorkshire is known as Anti-MDA5 positive dermatomyositis. The condition is associated with a serious lung disease ...

The PNAS publication explains how two protein modifications activate MDA5, an essential immune protein ... The team’s long-term goal is to potentially translate these findings to anti-viral treatments ...

The team's long-term goal is to potentially translate these findings to anti-viral treatments that ... certain processes—or stop them entirely. MDA5 is a protein involved in the very first ...

Virology researchers have found that a specific protein modification to the immune protein MDA5 is key to how our bodies detect and respond to viruses and viral replication. The publication explains ...