Several FDA-approved drugs—including for type 2 diabetes, hepatitis C and HIV—significantly reduce the ability of the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 to replicate in human cells, according to new research led by scientists ...
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Immunologists have long been baffled by LPS, the bacterial lipopolysaccharide that helps form the cell walls of Gram-negative bacteria.
Jan 5, 2022
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(HealthDay)—The Omicron variant could prompt a reshuffling of the way doctors treat COVID infections in the United States, and antiviral pills will likely lead the way in that redoubled effort, Harvard experts say.
Dec 10, 2021
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Harvard experts in medical therapeutics say the recent development of pills to treat COVID-19 may turn out to be a pandemic game changer for a simple reason: When it comes to treating the ailment, the earlier the better.
Nov 11, 2021
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Rice University researchers have introduced an online portal to help researchers screen COVID-19 drug candidates that might attack specific proteins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Nov 1, 2021
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Virtual reality (VR) technology enables scientists to create 3D models of an object and then virtually go "inside" to look around to better understand its structure and function.
Oct 28, 2021
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Nineteen months into the pandemic, the need for antiviral drugs targeted against COVID-19 is clear, given the global persistence of the virus, its ability to rapidly mutate into new variants and the possibility that it could ...
Oct 22, 2021
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The COVID-19 vaccine is just one example of the rapid and global effort to stopping the pandemic. Drugs too are being developed. A new study by CiRA researchers shows that the combination of two drugs halts the infection ...
Oct 21, 2021
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A team from the Universitat Politècnica de València has just published a study analyzing the potential of plant extracts and/or natural compounds to inhibit the protease activity of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.
Oct 7, 2021
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Pfizer said Monday it had begun a middle-to-late stage clinical trial of a pill to stave off COVID in people who are exposed to infection.
Sep 27, 2021
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