COVID-19 is caused by a coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2. Coronaviruses belong to a group of viruses that infect animals, from peacocks to whales. They're named for the bulb-tipped spikes that project from the virus's surface ...
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Northeastern researchers have identified 40 new potential drugs that could treat COVID-19.
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Scientists at the University of Bristol who have been sequencing the genetic material from SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—have highlighted important implications for scientists around the world conducting vaccine ...
Apr 2, 2020
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Australian scientists are using the largest particle accelerator in the southern hemisphere to help fast-track the hunt for a vaccine against COVID-19, researchers said Tuesday.
Mar 31, 2020
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A team of researchers at the University of California has been studying proteins that the SARS-CoV-2 virus uses to bind to proteins in the lungs, and has identified multiple drug candidates that might be useful to treat patients ...
The coronavirus has ground social, economic and educational exchanges to a halt around the world. For now, public health officials are relying on tools like social distancing to minimize the harm of the virus, but in the ...
Mar 27, 2020
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Everybody knows by now that the United States and the world are in the grip of one of the dangerous coronaviruses called COVID-19, but what's a virus and how can it make us feel ill? Why do our bodies react the way they do? ...
Mar 23, 2020
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People around the world are isolating themselves to help slow the spread of COVID-19. But there is another way those confined to their homes—but connected online—can join the fight against the novel coronavirus. Among ...
Mar 23, 2020
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Why don't we have drugs to treat COVID-19 and how long will it take to develop them?
Mar 20, 2020
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A new potential drug target has been identified in SARS CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—by scientists at the Center of Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases, or CSGID, who say multiple drugs will be needed to ...
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