Medications
In the fight against coronavirus, antivirals are as important as a vaccine
While many scientists are working on developing a coronavirus vaccine, others are busy testing antiviral drugs.
Mar 30, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
UC San Diego Health launches clinical trial to assess antiviral drug for COVID-19
Physician-scientists at four University of California Health medical centers—UC San Diego Health, UC San Francisco, UC Irvine Health and UC Davis Health—have begun recruiting participants for a Phase II clinical trial ...
Mar 24, 2020
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Medications
Coronavirus drugs: Where we are and what we know
Medicines designed to treat COVID-19 won't be on pharmacy shelves for months or even years, but thousands of patients are in hospitals and health clinics now. So doctors are looking to drugs that are already approved for ...
Mar 23, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Why the coronavirus and most other viruses have no cure
People hospitalized with severe symptoms from the coronavirus are given medicine to bring down the fever and fluids to keep them hydrated, generally by intravenous tube. Some patients are connected to a ventilator: a mechanical ...
Mar 19, 2020
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HIV & AIDS
Immunotherapy combo achieves reservoir shrinkage in HIV model
Stimulating immune cells with two cancer immunotherapies together can shrink the size of the viral "reservoir" in SIV-infected non-human primates treated with antiviral drugs, researchers have concluded. The reservoir includes ...
Mar 16, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Virtual screening for active substances against the coronavirus
The University of Basel is part of the global search for a drug to fight the rampant coronavirus. Researchers in the Computational Pharmacy group have so far virtually tested almost 700 million substances, targeting a specific ...
Mar 10, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers identify factors essential for chronic hepatitis B infection
Researchers at Princeton University have identified a set of human proteins that the hepatitis B virus (HBV) uses to establish itself permanently inside liver cells. The study, published in the journal Nature Microbiology, ...
Mar 9, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Evidence review shows new therapy for Hepatitis C is highly effective
New direct-acting antiviral therapies are highly effective at eliminating the Hepatitis C virus infection, according to a systematic evidence review by researchers at Oregon Health & Science University.
Mar 3, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Harvard spearheads international effort to understand, fight new coronavirus
A Harvard/China collaboration has entered the coronavirus COVID-19 fray, with researchers on both sides of the globe working to expand understanding of the potentially pandemic virus.
Mar 2, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Existing drugs may offer a first-line treatment for coronavirus outbreak
The number of people infected with the new coronavirus continues to skyrocket, with more than 80,000 cases worldwide as of the end of February. But there's no vaccine or cure in sight, meaning that doctors can do little more ...
Feb 27, 2020
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