Ganciclovir at Medical Drugs Glossary

What is Ganciclovir? An antiviral agent used to prevent or treat cytomegalovirus infections that may occur when the bodys immune system is suppressed. In gene therapy, ganciclovir is used with an altered herpes simplex virus-1 gene to kill advanced melanoma cells and brain t

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