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Inhibitors & New Therapies
Protease Inhibitors-- Hepatitis C virus uses a molecule called "protease" to reproduce. (Other viruses use proteases to survive, including HIV; although the molecules have similar names, they are quite different, and drugs that inhibit the HIV protease do not work against the hepatitis C protease). Researchers are currently developing several different types of drugs that block the hepatitis C protease. Although protease inhibitors are not yet clinically available, they represent the most promising drugs for targeting HCV. A proof of the concept that these drugs work was recently reported in the journal Nature where a single dose of a protease inhibitor led to a dramatic reduction of the virus within 2 days.
VX950 Protease Inhibitor Telaprevir
Friends Treating with Telaprevir is located in our shared stories section of our Web Site