protease inhibitors
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Protease inhibitors are an example of designer drugs. They sometimes allow AIDS to be managed for long periods of time.
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Furthermore, viruses can mutate to evade protease inhibitors, the class of drugs Paxlovid belongs to, although researchers have not seen that happen with Paxlovid yet.
From Scientific American • Feb. 8, 2023
It was just after the data on these protease inhibitors had been unveiled at a major scientific conference.
From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2022
It is part of a class of drugs called protease inhibitors currently used to treat HIV, hepatitis C and other viruses.
From Reuters • Dec. 14, 2021
Baric explains that proteins in the human body bind 99% of these protease inhibitors, leaving little of them to fight viruses.
From Science Magazine • Jan. 27, 2020
Signals that activate resistance traits, such as anti-digestive protease inhibitors, can be wafted on the wind or transmitted through the underground mycorrhizal networks, built by fungi, that connect plants.
From Nature • Feb. 28, 2017
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