Shingles, a painful condition of blistering rash that affects people who have had chicken pox as children can be treated effectively by L-BHDA, a new compound developed by US researchers.
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The researchers, medicinal chemist and distinguished professor Chung Chu at the University of Georgia and Yung-Chi (Tommy) Cheng of Yale University, state that L-BHDA deals with shingles very effectively. "We need new options for medications with increased potency and specificity that can treat the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), including strains that may be resistant to existing drugs. L-BHDA has the potential to be more effective than existing agents."
Bukwang Pharmaceutical Company has been licensed for preclinical investigations of the anti-shingles compound.
Source-Medindia