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Existing drug masitinib identified as potential inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 – News-Medical.Net
Researchers in the United States have demonstrated that a drug originally developed as a treatment for cancer exhibits antiviral activity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the agent that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COV…
Researchers in the United States have demonstrated that a drug originally developed as a treatment for cancer exhibits antiviral activity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the agent that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
The drug, which is called masitinib, potently inhibited the main viral protease 3CLpro that SARs-CoV-2 relies on for infection to proceed once the viral genome has entered the host cell cytoplasm.
The study showed that masitinib di…
