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Acyclovir for the Treatment of Herpes
By: Eboni E. Andersun
| Published: Aug 08, 2024
Acyclovir is an antiviral medication that scientists developed in the twentieth century to treat herpes, a disease caused by the viruses herpes…
AcyclovirAntiherpes CremeZoviraxGenital HerpesHerpes Simplex Virus 1
Gertrude Belle Elion (1918–1999)
By: Eboni E. Andersun
| Published: May 23, 2024
Gertrude Belle Elion was a twentieth-century scientist in the US who researched the structure of viral DNA to help develop anti-viral medications.…
AcyclovirHerpesvirus 1, HumanHerpesvirus 2, HumanDNA, ViralHIV (Viruses)
George Herbert Hitchings (1905–1998)
By: Eboni E. Andersun
| Published: Jun 25, 2024
George Herbert Hitchings researched and developed medications that targeted specific parts of DNA replication processes to treat cancers and various…
Nucleoside analogDNA ReplicationDrug DevelopmentAcyclovirPharmacology
Understanding and Treating Gonorrhea from the Eighteenth Century to the Twenty-First Century
By: Eboni E. Andersun
| Published: Jul 08, 2024
Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease, or STD, caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Common symptoms of the disease include painful…
GonorrheaNeisseria gonorrhoeaeUrinationSyphilisPelvic Inflammatory Disease
“Is Neisseria gonorrhoeae Initiating a Future Era of Untreatable Gonorrhea?: Detailed Characterization of the First Strain with High-Level Resistance to Ceftriaxone” (2011), by Makoto Ohnishi, Daniel Golparian, Ken Shimuta, Takeshi Saika, et al.
By: Eboni E. Andersun
| Published: Aug 20, 2024
In July 2011, Makoto Ohnishi and colleagues published the article “Is Neisseria gonorrhoeae Initiating a Future Era of Untreatable Gonorrhea?:…
GonorrheaSexually Transmitted Diseases, BacterialSexually Transmitted DiseasesVenereal DiseasesSexually Transmitted Infections
“Natural History of Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infections in the Acyclovir Era” (2001) by David W. Kimberlin, Chin-Yu Lin, Richard F. Jacobs, Dwight A. Powell, Lisa M. Frenkel, William C. Gruber, Mobeen Rathore, John S. Bradley, Pamela S. Diaz, et al.
By: Eboni E. Andersun
| Published: Jun 27, 2024
In 2001, David Kimberlin and colleagues published “Natural History of Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infections in Acyclovir Era,” hereafter, “Natural…
Herpes Simplex Virus InfectionAcyclovirHistory of MedicineClinical trialSymptoms in Children
Philippe Ricord (1800–1889)
By: Eboni E. Andersun
| Published: Aug 26, 2024
Philippe Ricord was a nineteenth-century physician and surgeon in France who studied syphilis and demonstrated that it is different from gonorrhea.…
SyphilisGonorrheaSexually Transmitted DiseasesChancreReproductive Health