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Lawrence Corey

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American immunobiologist

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Lawrence Corey
Biology
#2267
World Rank
#3623
Historical Rank
#1015
USA Rank
Virology
#32
World Rank
#34
Historical Rank
#14
USA Rank
Immunology
#79
World Rank
#85
Historical Rank
#29
USA Rank
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According to Wikipedia, Research and career In the early 1980s, Corey worked with Nobel Prize-winning biochemist and pharmacologist Dr. Gertrude Elion to demonstrate that an antiviral that was selective and specific for a viral-specified enzyme could be safely and effectively administered to control a chronic viral infection . Corey first conceived of, demonstrated the core concepts and directed line association between quantitative viral load reduction and clinical benefit using topical, intravenous and oral formulations of acyclovir in classic studies performed between 1980 and 1984. Acyclovir was the first antiviral drug to get rapid approval from the FDA, and it was Corey's studies that defined its use in genital herpes. These studies led to the licensure for acyclovir in a wide variety of infections such as HSV-1, HSV-2 and varicella chickenpox virus, including the first use of an antiviral for daily long term use. Acyclovir and its derivatives valacyclovir and famciclovir are the most prescribed antivirals in the world: over 400 million people have HSV-2 infection. These early studies prompted the subsequent successful involvement of the pharmaceutical and medical sciences communities to develop effective antiviral therapy for HIV and Hepatitis B.

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