Many peptide medications like glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists were initially developed to treat type 2 diabetes. One unexpected side effect of these drugs is weight loss.

Intranasal vaccination is a desired route for protection against influenza viruses by mucosal and systemic immunity. However, the nasal mucosa impedes the intranasal delivery of vaccines. Here, we ...

Each chain is initially synthesized as a precursor polypeptide, which is then cleaved into two parts: HA1 (328 amino acids) and HA2 (221 amino acids), connected by disulfide bonds. 5 In this study ...

The impacts of highly pathogenic enveloped viruses, such as SARS-CoV-2, have turned scientific inquiry toward the fusion mechanisms responsible for viral pathogenesis and to seek cost-effective and ...