Carbocyclic Nucleosides in Antiviral and Anticancer Chemotherapy
[warning]In the last decade, a number of carbocyclic nucleoside analogs have been reported to posses interesting anti viral and anti cancer properties. We…
Category: Anti Viral
Recent Advances in Anti HBV Drug Discovery
The review article titled "Discovery and Development of Anti-HBV Agents and Their Resistance" is open access and can be downloaded by clicking the link…
Influenza Viruses
Image via Wikipedia Influenza viruses are a group of RNA viruses from Orthomyxoviridae family. These are 3 in number namely: Influenzavirus A, Influenzavirus…
HiStory of Carbocyclic Nucleosides
Carbocyclic Nucleosides is the name given to the class of molecules which are very similar to Nucleosides despite the fact that their furanose…
Truvada: Recommended for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)
The United States FDA's advisory committee has recommended that Truvada should be approved for HIV prophylaxis. Gilead Sciences Inc is the manufacturer of…
Design & Development of Unnatural Nucleosides as Antiviral & Anti-Cancer Agents
Design & Development of Unnatural Nucleosides as Antiviral & Anti-Cancer Agents Ram C. Mishra College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, GA…
The New Hep C Drug: PSI-7977 to Sofosbuvir
Recently (December 6th, 2013) Sofosbuvir was approved by US FDA for the treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C in combination with Ribavirin for dual…