Computer Modeling Reveals How Surprisingly Potent Hepatitis C Drug Works

Computer Modeling Reveals How Surprisingly Potent Hepatitis C Drug Works

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19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A study by researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory and a multinational team reveals how daclatasvir, a direct-acting antiviral agent in development for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV), targets one of …
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Lifesaving overdose treatment now available to volunteer EMTs

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A drug to treat opiate overdoses is now, or soon will be, available through volunteer rescue services in the most rural areas of the region, providing a life-saving treatment much earlier than had been previously possible. Naloxone … Since state law …
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Trying to reverse autism's course

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A recent study by a team from Chicago's Rush University Medical Center and the University of California Davis MIND Institute suggests arbaclofen could be the first drug to treat key symptoms of Fragile X and other autism spectrum disorders. The trial …
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