Back to results
US 12,064,425 B2Granted
Compositions and methods for targeting a viral infection
AssigneeChildren's Medical Center Corporation
InventorsBing Chen, Gary Frey, Tianshu Xiao
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Described herein are compounds that inhibits the membrane proximal external region (MPER) of a viral envelope (Env), as well as and compositions thereof. Further provided herein are methods for treating or preventing a viral infection comprises administering to a subject in need thereof an agent or compound that inhibits the MPER of a viral Env. In certain embodiments, the viral infection is an HIV infection.
Claims8
A method of treating a viral infection, the method comprising:
- administering to a subject in need thereof an agent that inhibits the membrane proximal external region (MPER) of a viral envelope (Env), wherein the viral infection is a human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) infection or a human immunodeficiency virus-2 (HIV-2) infection, wherein the agent that inhibits MPER is S2C3.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.