The molecule prompts the Hepatitis C’s viral RNA to open up a portion of its hinge-like structure and encapsulate the inhibitor like a perfectly fit glove.
Chemists at the
University of California, San Diego have produced the first high resolution
structure of a molecule that when attached to the genetic material of the
hepatitis C virus prevents it from reproducing. Hepatitis C is a chronic infectious disease that affects some 170 million
people worldwide and causes chronic liver disease and liver cancer.
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