UCSF researchers identify new drug target for Kaposi's sarcoma
Thursday, July 30, 2009 - 08:49
in Health & Medicine
UCSF researchers have identified a new potential drug target for the herpes virus that causes Kaposi's sarcoma, re-opening the possibility of using the class of drugs called protease inhibitors against the full herpes family of viruses, which for 20 years has been deemed too difficult to attain.