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. 2022 Aug 15:13:914467.
doi: 10.3389/fphar.2022.914467. eCollection 2022.

Smart therapies against global pandemics: A potential of short peptides

Vasso Apostolopoulos  1   2 , Joanna Bojarska  3 , Jack Feehan  1 , John Matsoukas  1   4   5 , Wojciech Wolf  3
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Smart therapies against global pandemics: A potential of short peptides

Vasso Apostolopoulos et al. Front Pharmacol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: bioterrorism; pandemics; short peptides; smart therapy; viral and bacterial infections.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Timeline of XXI century viral pandemics and other outbreaks. Priority pandemic-prone viruses, according to the WHO, in green. (CHIKV- Chikungunya virus).
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Main features of smart peptide-based therapeutic strategy.
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