A new paper has been published from work conducted by members of Peter’s group, Filipa Henderson Sousa, Dr Victor Casanova and Dr Fern Findlay, which assesses the antiviral activity of the cathelicidin family of host defence peptides towards Rhinovirus, the pathogen predominantly responsible for the common cold.
The paper, entitled “Cathelicidins display conserved direct antiviral activity towards rhinovirus” was published in the journal Peptides as an Open Access publication and can be found here. The paper shows that the human cathelicidin, LL-37, as well as peptide from pig (Protegrin-1) and sheep (SMAP-29) have antiviral activity towards rhinovirus HRV1B.
The publication also attracted significant media coverage from BBC News, Sky News, the Daily Mail, The Independent, The Scotsman, The New York Post, and other major media outlets. In addition, Peter conducted live interviews with Sky News and LBC Radio.
