Published in Hepatitis Weekly, November 27th, 2006
Study 1: A recent review published in the journal Current Opinion in Drug Discovery & Development discussed finger loop inhibitors of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) non-structural protein 5B (NS5B) polymerase.
"HCV infects millions of people worldwide and currently available therapies suffer from limited efficacy and severe side effects. This review describes the discovery of a novel class of non-nucleoside HCV NS5B polymerase inhibitors that inhibit the replication of viral RNA by binding to an allosteric site on the enzyme.
"Initial lead compounds...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2006-11-27)
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