FEBRUARY 1ST, 2021 POSTED BY MARC AIRHART-TEXAS Remdesivir is the only treatment of its kind currently approved in the US for the coronavirus. The findings could lead to more effective antiviral treatments. Remdesivir targets a part of the coronavirus that allows it to make copies of itself and spread through the body. For the first...
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Antiviral treatments inspire researchers to develop a new kind of cancer drug
by Stanford University Stanford virologist Jeffrey Glenn did not set out to tackle cancer. For years, he and his lab have worked to develop new ways of battling viruses like the ones that cause hepatitis delta and the common cold—but the lessons they’ve learned fighting viruses has led to a new kind of drug that...