“…Recent determination of the recognition requirements between norovirus attachment protein VP1 and host receptors and, in particular, solving of the crystal structure of the complex of norovirus P domain and HBGAs (Cao et al, 2007) have provided a new opportunity to develop drugs targeting the first attachment step in norovirus infection (Huang et al, 2005; Koppisetty et al, 2010; Lundborg et al, 2013). The idea of targeting viral binding is well established in antiviral drug development.…”