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The combination of vacuolin-1 and apilimod is expected to fight SARS-CoV-2

The combination of vacuolin-1 and apilimod is expected to fight SARS-CoV-2

In a recent study, researchers from Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Washington University in St. Louis found that two drugs inhibited SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, in human cell […]

PARP inhibitors can be used to treat advanced prostate cancer

PARP inhibitors can be used to treat advanced prostate cancer

A recent clinical trial found that PARP inhibitors can be used to treat advanced male prostate cancer with BRCA1/BRCA2 gene mutations. The relevant results of the study have been published in […]

Chest: Tocilizumab can treat inflammation of COVID-19.

Chest: Tocilizumab can treat inflammation of COVID-19.

This drug reduces excessive inflammatory responses from patients receiving immunotherapy. Researchers initially used the drug called tocilizumab monoclonal antibody against tocilizumab to treat patients with the most severe symptoms especially those […]

Int J Infect Dis: Existing drugs may be effective in treating new coronaviruses!

Int J Infect Dis: Existing drugs may be effective in treating new coronaviruses!

The number of people infected with the new coronavirus continues to soar, and by the end of February, more than 80,000 people had been infected worldwide. But there is no vaccine or […]

Cell: Reveals Structure, Function and Antigenicity of Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoprotein

Cell: Reveals Structure, Function and Antigenicity of Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoprotein

Since the beginning of the 21st century, three coronaviruses have crossed species barriers, causing fatal pneumonia in humans: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Coronavirus (SARS-CoV), Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) […]

New Research Progress of New Coronavirus 2019-nCoV / COVID-19

New Research Progress of New Coronavirus 2019-nCoV / COVID-19

On January 7, 2020, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) identified a new type of coronavirus from a patient’s throat swab sample, which was originally named […]

Great progress in Nature! Remdesivir is effective in rhesus monkeys infected with SARS-CoV-2!

Great progress in Nature! Remdesivir is effective in rhesus monkeys infected with SARS-CoV-2!

COVID-19 continues to sweep the world, and there is an urgent need for effective drugs to treat COVID-19. Although many drugs for research, approval and reuse have been proposed, preclinical […]

Science sub-journal: Anticancer drug acalabrutinib is expected to treat cytokine storm in patients with severe COVID-19

Science sub-journal: Anticancer drug acalabrutinib is expected to treat cytokine storm in patients with severe COVID-19

Early data from a clinical study suggest that blocking Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) provides clinical benefits for a small group of patients with severe COVID-19. The researchers responsible for the study observed […]

The past and present of coronavirus

The past and present of coronavirus

Most of us are infected with coronavirus at least once in our lives. This may be a worrying fact for many people, especially those who have only heard of the […]

Carbomer

Carbomer

What is carbomer? Carbomer is a kind of polymer formed by chemical cross-linking of acrylic acid or acrylate with allyl ether, including polyacrylic acid (homopolymer) and long-chain alkyl alcohol acrylate polymer […]