News tagged with antiviral agents

Drug cocktail offers new hope for hepatitis C patients

A three-drug cocktail can eliminate the hepatitis C virus in patients far more effectively than the current two-drug regimen, according to researchers at Henry Ford Hospital.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Old folk remedy revived: How tansy may be a treatment for herpes

For centuries tansy has been used as a folk remedy, but now scientists from Britain and Spain believe the plant may have medical benefits after all, as a treatment for herpes. The team's findings, published in Phytotherapy Re ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 22, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Influenza virus strains show increasing drug resistance and ability to spread

Two new studies raise public health concerns about increasing antiviral resistance among certain influenza viruses, their ability to spread, and a lack of alternative antiviral treatment options. The findings are published ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Dec 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

People also have antiviral 'plant defences'

In addition to known antiviral agents such as antibodies and interferons, people also seem to have a similar immune system to that previously identified in plants. This is the result of research carried out by Esther Schnettler ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 27, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

'Dung of the devil' plant roots point to new swine flu drugs

Scientists in China have discovered that roots of a plant used a century ago during the great Spanish influenza pandemic contains substances with powerful effects in laboratory experiments in killing the H1N1 ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study evaluates use of corticosteroids and antiviral agents for treatment of Bell Palsy

Among patients with Bell Palsy, a facial paralysis with unknown cause, treatment with corticosteroids is associated with a reduced risk of an unsatisfactory recovery, and treatment with a combination of corticosteroids and ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ultrasensitive detector promises improved treatment of viral respiratory infections

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Vanderbilt chemist and a biomedical engineer have teamed up to develop a respiratory virus detector that is sensitive enough to detect an infection at an early stage, takes only a few minutes ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists create first crystal structure of an intermediate particle in virus assembly

The structure, described February 8 in an advance online publication of the journal Nature, provides fresh insights into the elegant dance that viral proteins perform to create the infectious structure that causes all ma ...

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created Feb 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0