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2059648 tn?1439766665

Protease Inhibitor

Works by binding to the virus and preventing it from multiplying how?
Does it kill the virus too?
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2059648 tn?1439766665
hahaha your funny : )
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There's an enzyme that eats a protein that helps the virus, me finks...hurrr
It inhibits that darn protein thingee.
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1652596 tn?1342011626
phagocytes eat the hep c virus.  (in case you were wondering).  they are white blood cells.  belle
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2059648 tn?1439766665
Hey Great.... Thank You So Much
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1420486 tn?1384793153
http://www.hcvadvocate.org/hepatitis/Basics/New%20Antivirals.pdf


try clinical care options HCV. You have to register to enter. It is basically designed for health care proffesionals, but it is readable. Good luck. Ginger
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1420486 tn?1384793153
http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/Documents/HCVClinicalTrialsGuide.pdf  
going back to google for better links, but you can start here.  How is the dogs eye?            
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Dang phone and auto correct...*protease
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Isn't professed the enzyme that our body uses to digest protein? I kind of wondered if that wasn't why we lost muscle mass as well as the common aversion to the smell of meat.
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2059648 tn?1439766665
Ok I get that it blocks a enzyme that prevents the cell from
producing new viruses.  But is that forever?  What about
new cells?
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