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Antiviral drugs
Antiviral drugs are pharmaceutical medications that help fight off viruses that can cause disease. Antiviral drugs can also prevent infection, viral spread, or reduce the symptoms caused by viral infection. Viruses such as influenza, herpes, hepatitis, HIV, and SARS-CoV-2.
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APR 29, 2025Drug Discovery & Development
Just one dose of antiviral baloxavir marboxil significantly reduced transmission of influenza within households.Written By: Annie LennonJAN 21, 2025Drug Discovery & Development
Drugs, including antibiotics, antivirals, vaccinations, and anti-inflammatory medications, are linked to a lower risk of ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 30, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
RNA in cells performs an astounding number of functions. Messenger RNA carries the sequences of active genes to the cell ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 04, 2024Drug Discovery & Development
Molluscum contagiosum (MC), a viral skin infection caused by the poxvirus, often presents challenges in treatment due to ...Written By: Greta AnneNOV 13, 2023Drug Discovery & Development
New study reveals an unexpected phenomenon of virologic rebound and prolonged contagiousness post-recovery in Paxlovid t ...Written By: Amielle MorenoJUL 26, 2023Immunology
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a virus that attacks the immune system and weakens the body’s ability to fig ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeJUN 23, 2023Drug Discovery & Development
Influenza, or the “flu,” is a viral respiratory infection that commonly affects the nose, throat, and lungs. ...Written By: Greta AnneMAY 05, 2023Microbiology
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 is still forming new variants and infecting people around the world, but ther ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 28, 2023Drug Discovery & Development
In a recent paper from Cell Reports Medicine, researchers identified some synthetic and natural innate immune agonists a ...Written By: Amielle MorenoMAR 26, 2023Microbiology
An outbreak of Marburg virus began last month in Equatorial Guinea, and more cases have been reported since the outbreak ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 11, 2023Plants & Animals
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have studied the virus with a near singular purpose: finding ways ...Written By: Ryan VingumJAN 06, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers at the University of British Colombia’s Life Sciences Institute have identified a compound that can po ...Written By: Kerry CharronDEC 28, 2022Health & Medicine
For millennia the arms race between bacteria and animals was fought through mutations and evolution. As modern bacteria ...Written By: Amielle MorenoDEC 14, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have identified a compound that shows promise in targeting a wide rang ...Written By: Zoe MichaudDEC 13, 2022Plants & Animals
Scientists believe COVID-19 is still highly transmissible between species based on computer simulations of mammalian cro ...Written By: Kerry CharronDEC 12, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Chikungunya virus is a mosquito-borne illness, meaning it is spread by the bite of an infected mosquito. The virus can c ...Written By: Zoe MichaudNOV 20, 2022Immunology
German scientists provided a case study of a 51-year-old patient that highlighted one of the first symptoms a monkeypox- ...Written By: Kerry CharronNOV 01, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Shingles, or herpes zoster (HZ), is caused by the varicella zoster virus, which is the same virus that causes chicken po ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 31, 2022Genetics & Genomics
There is viral DNA in the human genome, and each instance traces back to an ancestor who was infected with a retrovirus. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 16, 2022Microbiology
WHO has estimated that there are almost 300 million people with chronic hepatitis B infections, and there are around 1.5 ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 30, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists are developing a human version of a drug that was highly beneficial to a hamster model of COVID-19. The drug, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 26, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
In early April, Pfizer announced a $525 million acquisition of ReViral’s novel therapy for respiratory syncytial v ...Sponsored By: Sino BiologicalAUG 25, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
In a recent study published in Cell Reports Medicine, a team of researchers from McMaster University in Ontario, Canada ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 20, 2022Microbiology
The paramyxovirus includes serious pathogens that can cause pandemics, including ones that lead primarily to mild. Illne ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
APR 29, 2025
Drug Discovery & Development
Just one dose of antiviral baloxavir marboxil significantly reduced transmission of influenza within households.
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 21, 2025
Drug Discovery & Development
Drugs, including antibiotics, antivirals, vaccinations, and anti-inflammatory medications, are linked to a lower risk of
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 30, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
RNA in cells performs an astounding number of functions. Messenger RNA carries the sequences of active genes to the cell
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 04, 2024
Drug Discovery & Development
Molluscum contagiosum (MC), a viral skin infection caused by the poxvirus, often presents challenges in treatment due to
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
NOV 13, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
New study reveals an unexpected phenomenon of virologic rebound and prolonged contagiousness post-recovery in Paxlovid t
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
JUL 26, 2023
Immunology
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a virus that attacks the immune system and weakens the body’s ability to fig
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
JUN 23, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
Influenza, or the “flu,” is a viral respiratory infection that commonly affects the nose, throat, and lungs.
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
MAY 05, 2023
Microbiology
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 is still forming new variants and infecting people around the world, but ther
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 28, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
In a recent paper from Cell Reports Medicine, researchers identified some synthetic and natural innate immune agonists a
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
MAR 26, 2023
Microbiology
An outbreak of Marburg virus began last month in Equatorial Guinea, and more cases have been reported since the outbreak
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 11, 2023
Plants & Animals
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have studied the virus with a near singular purpose: finding ways
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
JAN 06, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers at the University of British Colombia’s Life Sciences Institute have identified a compound that can po
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
DEC 28, 2022
Health & Medicine
For millennia the arms race between bacteria and animals was fought through mutations and evolution. As modern bacteria
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
DEC 14, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have identified a compound that shows promise in targeting a wide rang
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
DEC 13, 2022
Plants & Animals
Scientists believe COVID-19 is still highly transmissible between species based on computer simulations of mammalian cro
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
DEC 12, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Chikungunya virus is a mosquito-borne illness, meaning it is spread by the bite of an infected mosquito. The virus can c
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
NOV 20, 2022
Immunology
German scientists provided a case study of a 51-year-old patient that highlighted one of the first symptoms a monkeypox-
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
NOV 01, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Shingles, or herpes zoster (HZ), is caused by the varicella zoster virus, which is the same virus that causes chicken po
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 31, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
There is viral DNA in the human genome, and each instance traces back to an ancestor who was infected with a retrovirus.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 16, 2022
Microbiology
WHO has estimated that there are almost 300 million people with chronic hepatitis B infections, and there are around 1.5
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 30, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists are developing a human version of a drug that was highly beneficial to a hamster model of COVID-19. The drug,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 26, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
In early April, Pfizer announced a $525 million acquisition of ReViral’s novel therapy for respiratory syncytial v
...
Sponsored By:
Sino Biological
AUG 25, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
In a recent study published in Cell Reports Medicine, a team of researchers from McMaster University in Ontario, Canada
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 20, 2022
Microbiology
The paramyxovirus includes serious pathogens that can cause pandemics, including ones that lead primarily to mild. Illne
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch