Aussie researchers repurpose SARS treatment to fight COVID-19 – Xinhua | English.news.cn – Xinhua

SYDNEY, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) — In the race to find a cure for COVID-19, Australian researchers have discovered that a compound originally designed to fight SARS can also stop COVID-19 growth in the laboratory.
Prof. David Komander, who co-leads a team from Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne, told Xinhua on Monday that their focus on a particular protein in the virus makes their research different from other drug repurposing around the world.
“Our example was differen…

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