Replies to post #107578 on NanoViricides Inc (NNVC)

[drkazmd65]

And despite the shape being 'long & wormy' (to quote a great mind) - the Ebola virus (like other viruses) is actually quite structurally simple.

It is a simple, helical tube of regularly shaped and spaced protein subunits, surrounded by a regular and evenly spaced set of glycoprotein spikes:

http://ebola.pictures/Ebola-Structure-Series-annotated.png

And

http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/education_discussion/molecule_of_the_month/images/178-EbolaVirusProteins_EbolaProteins.jpg

The fact that the tube (viral coat) itself can be looped & coiled about some will not change the fact that the ligands should bind to their targets if properly designed.

And if those ligands bind effectively to their targets,.... the Ebolacide should effectively bind to and demolish a virus.

But know what,.... We'll have data supporting or refuting these ideas soon enough,.... USAMRIID is running those tests and if the 'Cides don't work effectively then the argument is settled.

And if they do work,.... those concerns are misguided.

;-)