By studying a disease caused by a close cousin of the virus behind COVID-19, a team of scientists has identified a compound that shows potential in easing the symptoms of coronavirus infections.
The unfolded protein response plays a key role in how Middle East Respiratory Syndrome damages the lungs. MERS is much less common but much lethal than COVID-19
NORTH SMITHFIELD – Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Timothy Sheahan, a North Smithfield native now living in North Carolina, said people rarely recognized his work studying infectious diseases in a