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Three common antiviral drugs effective against SARS-CoV-2 in vitro
A team has shown that tilorone, quinacrine and pyronaridine are effective at inhibiting the replication of SARS-CoV-2 in vitro.
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What we know about COVID-19 and the inflammatory response
A year on from discovering COVID-19 we are starting to understand why some people suffer more severely after infection. Sadya Arnett discusses recent research into the interconnection between host inflammation and SARS-CoV-2.
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In silico screening of existing drugs reveals three candidates against SARS-CoV-2
A novel in silico approach applied to drug screening has revealed three potential candidates that may interact with multiple proteins of SARS‐CoV‐2.
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Behavioural screen in C. elegans reveals Parkinson’s drug candidates
Researchers have developed a workflow to study the behaviour of C. elegans in a high-throughput screen to identify Parkinson's disease drugs.
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Screening of approved drugs reveals potential treatment for COVID-19
Vascor (bepridil) could be used to treat COVID-19, according to a new study which screened drugs to repurpose against SARS-CoV-2.
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Machine learning identifies drugs to repurpose against COVID-19
A team has developed a machine learning approach to screen for and identify drugs that could be repurposed against COVID-19 in the elderly.
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HIV drugs could be repurposed to prevent the onset of macular degeneration
Analysis reveals people taking nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors are significantly less likely to develop dry macular degeneration, a leading cause of age-related vision loss.
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Novel AI tool takes a DeepCE dive into potential drugs for COVID-19
A new phenotype-based compound screening technology, called DeepCE, identified 10 compounds that could be repurposed for COVID-19.
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Heparin inhibits SARS-CoV-2 invasion, finds study
Research suggests heparin could be repurposed for COVID-19 because it can bind to the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein and prevent the virus from infecting cells in vitro.
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New screening hub to identify COVID-19 drugs funded in Scotland
LifeArc and the Medical Research Council have funded a new drug screening facility that will be established to accelerate COVID-19 drug discovery.
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A single approach to creating effective cancer and autoimmune disease therapeutics
Dr H. Michael Shepard, CEO and CSO of Enosi Life Sciences, discusses the similarities between cancer and autoimmune diseases, highlighting how this knowledge could be used to enhance treatments.
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Exploration of autoimmune disease target tissues reveals novel drug targets
Researchers suggest that identifying new treatments for autoimmune diseases requires studying the immune system AND target tissues together.
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Drug screening reveals pralatrexate could be repurposed to treat COVID-19
Computational drug screening has shown that chemotherapy drug pralatrexate could potentially be repurposed to treat COVID-19.
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Genome-wide association study reveals targets for COVID-19 treatments
The study found five key genetic differences when they compared sequences from severe COVID-19 patients to healthy individuals.
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Brain organoids used to identify promising treatments for Rett syndrome
Two drugs, Nefiracetam and PHA 543613, were able to return neuronal signalling to near normal in organoids derived from patients with the autism spectrum disorder, Rett syndrome.
