Researchers present a new therapeutic tool capable of inhibiting the proliferation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. The results open up new perspectives in the fight against this ...
The new methodology is based on the ability of molecules known as Polypurine Reverse Hoogsteen Hairpins (PPRH) to slow the replication of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. This is the first scientific paper ...
According to Pierce, HCR came about not from a desire to compete with PCR but as a byproduct of engineering DNA hairpins that could be used as fuel packets to power DNA mechanical machines.