根据发表在最近一期的《Science Translational Medicine》杂志上的一篇文章,一类新的抗病毒药物前体具有广谱性的抑制冠状病毒(包括SARS、MERS等)的作用。这一发现为未来的相关药物开发提供了思路,或许有利于预防未来可能出现的流行病疫情。冠状病毒是一类差异较大的病毒毒株的总称,其中一些病毒能够感染鸟类以及哺乳动物,而大部分冠状病毒仅能够感染特定宿主,对于人类 According to an article in the latest issue of the journal Science Translational Medicine, a new class of antiviral prodrugs have a broad spectrum of inhibitory effects on coronaviruses, including SARS, MERS, and others. This finding provides ideas for future drug development and may help to prevent possible outbreaks of the epidemic in the future. Coronaviruses are a generic term for a diverse group of virus strains, some of which can infect birds and mammals, while most coronaviruses are only capable of infecting specific hosts,