Scientists identify 69 drugs that may be effective against coronavirus
An
international team, including scientists of Indian origin, has identified 69 drugs and
experimental compounds which may be effective in treating COVD-19.
According
to the researchers, some of the medications are already used to treat diseases
such as diabetes and hypertension, and repurposing them to treat COVID-19 may
be faster than trying to invent a new vaccine.
In
the new study, published on the pre-print website bioRxiv, the scientists investigated
26 of the 29 coronavirus genes, which direct production of the viral proteins.
"The
team took a different approach, targeting host proteins, not viral proteins. 26
out of 29 SARS-CoV-2 viral proteins were studied in human cells to find out
what human proteins they interact with," Gina T Nguyen, Assistant Director
of Communications & Events, Quantitative Biosciences Institute, University
of California, San Francisco (UCSF) in the US, told PTI in an email.
Around
332 human proteins were found to interact with the SARS-CoV-2 viral proteins,
the researchers, including Advait Subramanian, Srivats Venkataramanan, and
Jyoti Batra, all from UCSF, said.
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