New Hope For Hepatitis C Patients By Merck
In the annual event of American Chemical Society, at Morial Convention Center, in New Orleans,different drug manufacturers announce their experimenting drug, ready to be tested on human body. Among the others, Merck has announced its medicine for Hepatitis C. The medicine works by gumming up a particular protease which the virus uses to activate some of its building blocks.
There are few conditions one has to fulfill in order to use the said medicine. For example, one must be in the age of 18 to 55, and also, the person can not take alcohol for next few weeks after the treatment. The medicine can be taken by both man and woman.
Source: Wired Science
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