Award
Medical College of Wisconsin 1R56AI192693-01
Discovery and development of novel HCMV inhibitors
Recipient
Medical College of Wisconsin
Award Amount
$762,983.00
Ceiling
$762,983.00
Awarded
August 27, 2025
Identifier
1R56AI192693-01
NIH grant awarded to Medical College of Wisconsin for research on novel inhibitors targeting Human Cytomegalovirus, involving multidisciplinary scientific approaches.
Description
This is a NIH grant project focused on developing inhibitors for Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV). The project involves multidisciplinary research including virology, proteomics, structural biology, biophysics, biochemistry, and chemistry. The project aims to confirm HCMV helicase-primase as a drug target and identify small molecule inhibitors.