La 4'-Fluorouridina es un antiviral oral que bloquea el virus sincitial respiratorio y la replicación del SARS-CoV-2

Julien Sourimant1, Carolin M Lieber1, Megha Aggarwal1

  • 1Center for Translational Antiviral Research, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|December 2, 2021
PubMed
Resumen

Un nuevo medicamento, la 4′-fluorouridina (4′-FlU), es prometedor como un antiviral de amplio espectro. Trata eficazmente el virus sincitial respiratorio (VSR) y las infecciones por SARS-CoV-2 en modelos animales.

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