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Dr. Omar Al-Heeti is an assistant professor of medicine at Southern Illinois University and practices internal medicine with a specialty in infectious diseases. He received his medical degree from the ...

The main component of Besremi, interferon alfa, is a type of medicine that works by affecting the bone marrow, where blood cells are made. It attaches to “docking sites” (receptors) called interferon ...