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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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AUG 18, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
For many years, researchers have studied how an enzyme called APOBEC3 can help protect the body from pathogenic viruses, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 12, 2021Immunology
Australian researchers have found a new molecular binding site on the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, a discovery that ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 10, 2021Microbiology
About one-third of Gulf war veterans have chronic and unexplained medical issues that include gastrointestinal disorders ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2021Immunology
A study by researchers at the Scripps Research Institute looking into potential COVID-19 medications has revealed a surp ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUL 29, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
Lab tests in 2020 found that the widely available drug ivermectin had a weak effect on the SARS-CoV-2 virus and that unf ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 29, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
The viral disease, Hepatitis C, is known as a silent killer. Hepatitis C is easily spread thro ...Written By: J. Bryce OrtizJUL 27, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
In recent years, scientists java turned their attention to small antibodies that are produced by animals like sharks, ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 19, 2021Microbiology
Viral infections are difficult to treat - antibiotics only work against bacteria - and there are few effective antibodie ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 08, 2021Cancer
Pharmacological activation of the p53 protein in cancer cells leads to an anti-tumor immune response in lab tests. These ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 17, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
US drugmaker, Regeneron, in a partnership with Oxford University, has found that its new drug is capable of reducing COV ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 16, 2021Immunology
Researchers at King’s College London have discovered a new antiviral target to combat COVID-19: the galectin-3-bin ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 18, 2021Immunology
Canadian researchers have discovered an antiviral drug that blocks the SARS-CoV-2 virus from infecting lung cells. Promi ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 16, 2021Cancer
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is the most common cause of liver cancer in the world, resulting in approximately 880,000 deaths ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 22, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
The time it takes to respond to disease outbreaks is critical. But designing drugs to combat these disease outbreaks is ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 20, 2021Immunology
Scientists have identified 65 human immune genes activated during SARS-CoV-2 infection. This finding provides valuable i ...Written By: Tara FernandesAPR 13, 2021Immunology
Purdue University researchers have made a breakthrough finding that could explain why the disease is so hard to manage t ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAR 30, 2021Microbiology
Marburg virus causes severe hemorrhagic fever; its fatality ratio can be as high as 88 percent. Researchers may have now ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 24, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have found that that three common antiviral and antimalarial therapeutics may be effective in vitro at targe ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 18, 2021Microbiology
Hepatitis B can cause a long-term and sometimes fatal disease. Princeton University researchers have learned more about ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 09, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
New research published in Nature study shows that a drug for treating leprosy was repurposed to treat COVID19. The study ...Written By: Nouran AminFEB 22, 2021Microbiology
Reporting in Science, researchers have created an antiviral nasal spray that could help us get the COVID-19 pandemic und ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 16, 2020Genetics & Genomics
It's essential for organisms to use their genomes to make proteins, and the processes of transcription and translation a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 10, 2020Immunology
In the middle of 2020, yet another deadly Ebola outbreak was reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - the 11th ...Written By: Tara FernandesOCT 23, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved antiviral drug Remdesivir, sold under the name ‘Velkury&rsq ...Written By: Annie Lennon
AUG 18, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
For many years, researchers have studied how an enzyme called APOBEC3 can help protect the body from pathogenic viruses,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 12, 2021
Immunology
Australian researchers have found a new molecular binding site on the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, a discovery that
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 10, 2021
Microbiology
About one-third of Gulf war veterans have chronic and unexplained medical issues that include gastrointestinal disorders
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2021
Immunology
A study by researchers at the Scripps Research Institute looking into potential COVID-19 medications has revealed a surp
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUL 29, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Lab tests in 2020 found that the widely available drug ivermectin had a weak effect on the SARS-CoV-2 virus and that unf
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 29, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
The viral disease, Hepatitis C, is known as a silent killer. Hepatitis C is easily spread thro
...
Written By:
J. Bryce Ortiz
JUL 27, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
In recent years, scientists java turned their attention to small antibodies that are produced by animals like sharks, ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 19, 2021
Microbiology
Viral infections are difficult to treat - antibiotics only work against bacteria - and there are few effective antibodie
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 08, 2021
Cancer
Pharmacological activation of the p53 protein in cancer cells leads to an anti-tumor immune response in lab tests. These
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 17, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
US drugmaker, Regeneron, in a partnership with Oxford University, has found that its new drug is capable of reducing COV
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 16, 2021
Immunology
Researchers at King’s College London have discovered a new antiviral target to combat COVID-19: the galectin-3-bin
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 18, 2021
Immunology
Canadian researchers have discovered an antiviral drug that blocks the SARS-CoV-2 virus from infecting lung cells. Promi
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 16, 2021
Cancer
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is the most common cause of liver cancer in the world, resulting in approximately 880,000 deaths
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 22, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
The time it takes to respond to disease outbreaks is critical. But designing drugs to combat these disease outbreaks is
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 20, 2021
Immunology
Scientists have identified 65 human immune genes activated during SARS-CoV-2 infection. This finding provides valuable i
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 13, 2021
Immunology
Purdue University researchers have made a breakthrough finding that could explain why the disease is so hard to manage t
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAR 30, 2021
Microbiology
Marburg virus causes severe hemorrhagic fever; its fatality ratio can be as high as 88 percent. Researchers may have now
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 24, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have found that that three common antiviral and antimalarial therapeutics may be effective in vitro at targe
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 18, 2021
Microbiology
Hepatitis B can cause a long-term and sometimes fatal disease. Princeton University researchers have learned more about
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 09, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
New research published in Nature study shows that a drug for treating leprosy was repurposed to treat COVID19. The study
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 22, 2021
Microbiology
Reporting in Science, researchers have created an antiviral nasal spray that could help us get the COVID-19 pandemic und
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 16, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
It's essential for organisms to use their genomes to make proteins, and the processes of transcription and translation a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 10, 2020
Immunology
In the middle of 2020, yet another deadly Ebola outbreak was reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - the 11th
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
OCT 23, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved antiviral drug Remdesivir, sold under the name ‘Velkury&rsq
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon