New Research Advances Fight Against Human Metapneumovirus

September 20, 2022 • by Esther Robards-Forbes

New research could pave the way for a vaccine for a common respiratory virus. 

Graphic showing how antibodies attack viral proteins

A newly identified antibody (right) attacks a part of the human metapneumovirus, resulting in protection against the disease. Image by The University of Texas at Austin.


Jason McLellan wearing a white lab coat standing in front of the cryo-electron microscope at The University of Texas at Austin.

Jason McLellan, a professor of molecular biosciences and Welch Chair in Chemistry at The University of Texas at Austin, uses cryo-EM technology to study the structures of viruses and their proteins for vaccine development. Image by The University of Texas at Austin,

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