Originally designed by Japanese researchers for influenza, the drug is a nucleoside analogue — a molecule that looks like a building block of genetic material.
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Nucleoside
//ˈn(j)u(ː)kliəˌsaɪd//
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Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 核苷 noun (organic molecule)
Finnish
1 entries- nukleosidi noun (organic molecule)
Italian
1 entries- nucleoside noun (organic molecule)
Japanese
1 entries- ヌクレオシド noun (organic molecule)
Khmer
1 entries- ខាងស្នូល noun (organic molecule)
Polish
1 entries- nukleozyd noun (organic molecule)
Turkish
1 entries- nükleozit noun (organic molecule)
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