Tag Archive for 'Antiviral therapy'

Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a VERO E6 cell (blue) heavily infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (orange), isolated from a patient sample. Image credit: NIAID.

Scientists Review Strategies for Combating SARS-CoV-2 and Other Coronaviruses

Apr 24, 2020 by News Staff

In a paper published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology, a team of researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill review possible...

This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 isolated from a patient in the U.S. Image credit: NIAID-RML.

Remdesivir Has Therapeutic Potential against SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus, Scientists Say

Apr 1, 2020 by News Staff

Two new papers published in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy provide a summary of therapeutic compounds that showed potential in fighting...

Colorized transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV particles (orange) found near the periphery of an infected cell (green). Image credit: NIAID Integrated Research Facility.

Antiviral Drug Remdesivir Inhibits RNA Polymerase in MERS and SARS Coronaviruses: Study

Feb 27, 2020 by News Staff

Researchers from the University of Alberta and Gilead Sciences, Inc. have discovered that the experimental antiviral drug remdesivir is effective in treating...

de Wit et al show that remdesivir is a promising antiviral treatment against MERS that could be considered for implementation in clinical trials. This colorized scanning electron micrograph shows MERS virus particles (blue) both budding and attached to the surface of infected VERO E6 cells (yellow). Image credit: NIAID.

Remdesivir: Experimental Antiviral Drug Shows Promise against MERS Virus in Rhesus Macaques

Feb 19, 2020 by News Staff

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is closely related to the COVID-19 coronavirus (also known as SARS-CoV-2 and 2019-nCoV) that has...

Scanning electron micrograph of HIV particles infecting a human T cell. Image credit: National Institutes of Health.

Scientists Use CRISPR and Antiviral Therapy to Eliminate HIV-1 DNA from Genomes of Mice

Jul 9, 2019 by News Staff

Using the modified CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing system and a therapeutic strategy known as long-acting slow-effective release antiviral therapy (LASER ART),...