The Scientist : Indomethacin inhibits CMV replication [7/3/2002]

Email: Tudor Toma - t.toma@ic.ac.uk
News from The Scientist 2002, 3(1):20020307-02

7 March 2002

Infection with cytomegalovirus (CMV) is extremely common, but the virus only becomes pathogenic when the immune system is weakened, by, for example, HIV or anti-rejection transplant immunosupressors. In February 26 online Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Hua Zhu and colleagues from New Jersey Medical School, USA, show that cyclooxygenase 2 inhibitors could be useful in preventing CMV activation because they block viral replication.

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