Trinity immunologists unravel battle plans of deadly coronaviruses

Immunologists from TCD, who have worked on coronaviruses for the past decade, have unravelled new secrets behind the viruses’ battle plans

Immunologists from Trinity College Dublin, who have worked on coronaviruses for the past decade, have just unravelled new secrets behind the viruses’ battle plans. This provides new insights into how these deadly viruses sometimes win the war against human immune systems.

The immunologists is led by Dr Nigel Stevenson, Assistant Professor in Viral Immunology at Trinity. They have discovered how SARS and MERS proteins block the induction of antiviral proteins. These prevent us from mounting a strong innate immune response against infection.