Combating the Threat of Pandemic Influenza gets readers up to speed on the latest advances and technologies in diverse approaches to drug discovery.

Combating the Threat of Pandemic Influenza covers:

• Existing antivirals, including broadly effective anti-respiratory virus agents
• The development of high-throughput screening assays
• IFN resistance
• The development of nucleic acid-based antiviral drugs
• Antiviral RNAi strategies targeting influenza virus

Combating the Threat of Pandemic Influenza consolidates the latest information on diverse approaches into one comprehensive resource.

Contents

1. Existing Influenza Antivirals: The Mechanisms of Action and Potential in the Face of Avian Influenza
2. Development of High-Throughput Screening Assays for Influenza
3. Mechanisms of IFN Resistance by Influenza Virus
4. Broadly Effective Anti-Respiratory Virus Agents
5. Current Status on Development of Nucleic Acid-based Antiviral Drugs Against Influenza Virus Inefection
6. Antiviral RNA Interface Strategies Targeting Influenza Virus and Other Respiratory Viruses
7. Promising Antiviral Glyco-molecules from an Edible Alga
8. Rational Design of an Anti-Adhesion Drug for Influenza
9. Understanding Influenza Neuraminidase Inhibitors Using Quantitative Structure - Activity Relationship (QSAR) Models
10. Peptide Inhibitors Targeting Virus-Cell Fusion in Class 1 Enveloped Viruses
11. Novel Influenza Therapeutics

Index

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