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Article: Scientific American Article Describes New Golden Age of Antiviral Drugs and Vaccines.
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- October 22, 2001
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- Advances in the Study of Viral Genomes Laid the Foundation for Rapid
Progress in the Development of New Antiviral Vaccines and Drugs
Says Author William A. Haseltine, Ph.D. -
ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ --
William A. Haseltine, Ph.D., author of the article selected for the cover of the soon-to-be-distributed November issue of Scientific American, said, "The 1950s were the golden age of antibiotics to treat bacterial infections. We are now in the early years of the golden age of antiviral drugs. The 1990s witnessed the discovery of a wide array of new antiviral drugs for the treatment of diseases such as hepatitis B, herpes ...