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Targeting a human protein may stop Ebola virus in its tracks

The Pharma Data

Back in 2018, researchers tested a broad-spectrum antiviral candidate called remdesivir/VEKLURY, which acts as a nucleotide decoy to get incorporated into the viral RNA genome and stop viral polymerase. A new route for interfering with Ebola virus infection. But targeting Ebola virus polymerase has proven tough.

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