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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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OCT 21, 2020Microbiology
Ebola virus can pass from animals to humans, and between people. Rarely, it causes outbreaks but when it does, they can ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 15, 2020Microbiology
While the study has not yet been peer-reviewed, an International consortium including researchers has come to the conclu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 22, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
A study appearing next week in the journal Nature Communications offers some good news in the search for antiviral drugs ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 17, 2020Immunology
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, in partnership with BioNTech has reported that one of its lead vaccine candidates has shown ...Written By: Tara FernandesSEP 11, 2020Immunology
Canadian researchers have discovered that a drug used to treat coronavirus infections in cats shows promise in helping C ...Written By: Tara FernandesSEP 05, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists at the University of Alberta are planning to launch clinical trials of a drug used to cure coronavirus in cat ...Written By: Nouran AminAUG 16, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
While COVID-19 may not affect cats much, felines are known to contract another kind of coronavirus that can sometimes be ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 26, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
An extract from seaweed has outperformed Remdesivir in ousting COVID-19 during cellular tests, according to new research ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 25, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
A new way for treating the human herpes viruses was recently discovered by researchers at Lund University in Sweden. The ...Written By: Nouran AminJUL 19, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the Wuhan University of Engineering in China have found that curcumin, a natural compound found in turm ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 15, 2020Microbiology
Heparin is a very common drug that's been approved as an anticoagulant since 1992. Researchers have now found that the m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 14, 2020Immunology
Scientists all over the world are racing to develop a vaccine that effectively and safely prompts protective immunity to ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 13, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have uncovered a new antiviral mechanism for the new ...Written By: Nouran AminJUL 07, 2020Immunology
An international team of researchers has analysed how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, hijacks the proteins i ...Written By: Hilary ThompsonJUN 24, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Gilead has announced that it will soon start trials for an inhalable form of Remdesivir, the first drug to receive Emerg ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 20, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Myriad organisms share this planet, and there is an ongoing evolutionary arms race between competing traits or species, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 14, 2020Immunology
Antibodies are a powerful countermeasure against COVID-19. Not only can they relieve symptoms in patients experiencing s ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 11, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Alzheimer's is a common form of dementia that affects as many as 5.5 million Americans and the incidence is increasing a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 10, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) developed a novel anti-Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) drug that can shrink t ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 30, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
A clinical trial investigating the ability of antiviral drug remdesivir to treat COVID-19 has found that it can signific ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 23, 2020Immunology
Authorities are caught between dealing with the competing urgencies of abating the COVID-19 health crisis and the ...Written By: Tara FernandesAPR 19, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists have recently developed a large molecule database that can help drug development. The database called ‘ ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 17, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Early results from a Chicago hospital treating patients with Gilead Sciences’ antiviral drug remdesivir for severe ...Written By: Annie Lennon
OCT 21, 2020
Microbiology
Ebola virus can pass from animals to humans, and between people. Rarely, it causes outbreaks but when it does, they can
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 15, 2020
Microbiology
While the study has not yet been peer-reviewed, an International consortium including researchers has come to the conclu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 22, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
A study appearing next week in the journal Nature Communications offers some good news in the search for antiviral drugs
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 17, 2020
Immunology
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, in partnership with BioNTech has reported that one of its lead vaccine candidates has shown
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 11, 2020
Immunology
Canadian researchers have discovered that a drug used to treat coronavirus infections in cats shows promise in helping C
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 05, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists at the University of Alberta are planning to launch clinical trials of a drug used to cure coronavirus in cat
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 16, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
While COVID-19 may not affect cats much, felines are known to contract another kind of coronavirus that can sometimes be
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 26, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
An extract from seaweed has outperformed Remdesivir in ousting COVID-19 during cellular tests, according to new research
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 25, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
A new way for treating the human herpes viruses was recently discovered by researchers at Lund University in Sweden. The
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUL 19, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the Wuhan University of Engineering in China have found that curcumin, a natural compound found in turm
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 15, 2020
Microbiology
Heparin is a very common drug that's been approved as an anticoagulant since 1992. Researchers have now found that the m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 14, 2020
Immunology
Scientists all over the world are racing to develop a vaccine that effectively and safely prompts protective immunity to
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 13, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have uncovered a new antiviral mechanism for the new
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUL 07, 2020
Immunology
An international team of researchers has analysed how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, hijacks the proteins i
...
Written By:
Hilary Thompson
JUN 24, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Gilead has announced that it will soon start trials for an inhalable form of Remdesivir, the first drug to receive Emerg
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 20, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Myriad organisms share this planet, and there is an ongoing evolutionary arms race between competing traits or species,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 14, 2020
Immunology
Antibodies are a powerful countermeasure against COVID-19. Not only can they relieve symptoms in patients experiencing s
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 11, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Alzheimer's is a common form of dementia that affects as many as 5.5 million Americans and the incidence is increasing a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 10, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) developed a novel anti-Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) drug that can shrink t
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 30, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
A clinical trial investigating the ability of antiviral drug remdesivir to treat COVID-19 has found that it can signific
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 23, 2020
Immunology
Authorities are caught between dealing with the competing urgencies of abating the COVID-19 health crisis and the
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 19, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists have recently developed a large molecule database that can help drug development. The database called ‘
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 17, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Early results from a Chicago hospital treating patients with Gilead Sciences’ antiviral drug remdesivir for severe
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon