Science has failed for a long time in its attempts to create a therapeutic drug that specifically inhibits inappropriate complement activity.

Dr. Johnson said anti-inflammatory drugs, or those that specifically inhibit the complement system, might one day help treat or prevent the disease.

Thapsigargin specifically inhibits the fusion of autophagosomes with lysosomes; the last step in the autophagic process.

Several agents called "heart rate reducing agents" act by specifically inhibiting f-channel function.

Among the most commonly used drugs in such experimental studies are chloramphenicol, cycloheximide, and puromycin, all of which specifically inhibit protein synthesis.

Apremilast, an anti-inflammatory drug, specifically inhibits phosphodiesterase 4.

It specifically inhibits the biosynthesis of ergosterol and other sterols required for cell membrane production.

Nonactin has been reported to specifically inhibit the processing of cytoplasmic precursor proteins destined for the mitochondria.

As a result, imidazole engineering has been suggested as a means to specifically inhibit NO dioxygenases.

It is a steroid demethylation inhibitor, specifically inhibiting ergosterol biosynthesis.