The new coronavirus that has sickened more than 70,000 people in central China is spreading, setting off outbreaks in South Korea, Iran, and Italy, and now threatens to move around the globe as a true pandemic.
If the disease known as Covid-19 does become a pandemic, one thing is for sure: billions of people will be hoping for a drug or vaccine.
Can you list Here some of the most promising, fast-moving research projects In this regard.
Some companies are experimenting with new types of vaccines that involve injecting short strands of genetic material from the virus directly into people’s bodies. Although such vaccines haven’t had major success in medicine yet.
One company, Moderna Therapeutics, said it had already shipped some doses of an RNA vaccine to the NIH.
There is no specific treatment for coronavirus (COVID-19).
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/prevention-treatment.html
https://time.com/5789631/coronavirus-covid-19-global-cases/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=world_&linkId=83249554
There is no promise drug or vaccine for novel corona virus (Covid 19) yet. So we deeply hope that the scientists shall find a suitable drug as soon as possible.
Thank you Dr Yehya A. Salih for your thoughts. Well appreciated.
Thank you Balqees Al-Musawi for your contribution. Appreciated.
I think coronavirus haven't memaral immunization and researchers said ; they haven't protected. so we must design the drugs that have Competition with molecular receptor that contributed in attachment
Thank you Mahboubeh Sadat Chalavi for your discussion. Appreciated.
No specific treatment has been found yet. but as it is an RNA-dependent Rna polymerase, so we can target those replication related enzymes to hamper their replication. we can also target the attachment-related molecule of this virus, by resembling structure.
Flu drug Favipiravir (Avigan) has been found effective in treating coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/18/japanese-flu-drug-clearly-effective-in-treating-coronavirus-says-china
Flu drug used in Japan shows promise in treating COVID-19
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.livescience.com/amp/flu-drug-could-treat-coronavirus.html
Anti-malarial drug 'chloroquine' showing promise in treating coronavirus.
https://kfor.com/health/coronavirus/drug-used-to-originally-fight-malaria-showing-promise-in-treating-coronavirus-oklahoma-medical-research-foundation-says/
As no definite treatment so far, symptomatic treatment is the best way to treat. Definitely we should look for prevention.
Chloroquine show promise in treating coronavirus.
https://kfor.com/health/coronavirus/drug-used-to-originally-fight-malaria-showing-promise-in-treating-coronavirus-oklahoma-medical-research-foundation-says/
Please also take a look at this useful RG link.
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Hydroxychloroquine, chloroquine and other potential COVID-19 treatments explained
https://www.google.com/amp/s/techcrunch.com/2020/03/20/hydroxychloroquine-chloroquine-and-other-potential-covid-19-treatments-explained/amp/
Remdesivir, an antiviral drug that was originally developed for the treatment of Ebola but has shown promissing results for COVID-19 treatment. It is imported to Germany in adequate amouts for personal treatment in hospitals currently...
About Remdesivir, see :
https://www.clinicaltrialsarena.com/news/gilead-remdesivir-covid-trial-data/
https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/news/remdesivir-shows-promise-covid-monkeys/
I think hepatitis C meds like Sofosbuvir/Daclatasvir could work. Both are +RNA viruses. Sof has already been proven safe and effective against RNA virus polymerase. The inactive form of Sofosbuvir needs activation by CatA to form the active form of Sofosbuvir GS-461203. The active form can dock in the SARS-CoV-2 polymerase and CatA is found not just in liver cells but also in lung cells so we can expect the active form of Sofosbuvir would work in the lungs.
USA, Singapore and a few other already approved Remdesivir.
(June 13, CNN)
Fauci thinks a coronavirus treatment will come before a vaccine
From CNN’s Shelby Lin Erdman
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said he thinks we’ll see a treatment for coronavirus before a vaccine.
“There is a better chance, timewise, of having something that can help in regards to treatments, before we actually have the capability of distributing the safe and effective vaccine,” Fauci told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer in The Situation Room on Friday.
He mentioned having confidence in the drug Remdesivir.
Although there is no specific antiviral drug is available to treat COVID-19 cases, several chemotherapeutic agents, such as favipiravir, remdesivir , chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine and others have been tried by the physicians for the treatment of COVID-19 patients.
Still unsure. Early diagnosis and treatment has been the only way to save lives.
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