Active substance raises hopes of curing hepatitis E

(Ruhr-University Bochum) An international team of researchers has now found a possible active substance against the virus in the naturally occurring substance silvestrol. The substance inhibited the replication of pathogens both in cell culture and in the mouse model. The researchers led by Dr Daniel Todt and Prof Dr Eike Steinmann from the Department of Medical and Molecular Virology at Ruhr-Universit รค t Bochum (RUB) reported in the journal " Antiviral Research " on 23 July 2018.
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