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Ceftazidime flagged as a potential inhibitor of the SARS-COV-2 virus – News-Medical.Net
After screening more than 3,500 FDA-approved drugs and small molecules, researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences found that ceftazidime, an antibiotic approved for use in treating pneumonia, binds to the receptors that the severe acute respiratory syndr…
After screening more than 3,500 FDA-approved drugs and small molecules, researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences found that ceftazidime, an antibiotic approved for use in treating pneumonia, binds to the receptors that the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) binds to in human cells. This drug could potentially be used to prevent virus infection. The research is published on the bioRxiv* preprint server in September 2020.
To combat the spread of COVID-19, researche…
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