The COVID-19 caused due to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has grown into a global pandemic infecting millions of people and tens of thousands of lives lost. As of now, no clinically proven drug or vaccine is available. There is an indispensable need to identify antiviral agents that can inhibit SARS-CoV-2. The deRead More
What is Acyclovir? Acyclovir is an antiviral drug commonly known as synthetic nucleoside analogues and used to treat infections caused by specific types of viruses. This medication is a treatment for cold sores around the mouth (caused by herpes simplex), chickenpox, and shingles (caused by herpes zoster). It is also the prevention of outbreaks ofRead More
New research by the Queen Mary University of London scientists has found evidence of protective immunity in people up to four months after mild or asymptomatic COVID-19. The study published in Science Immunology analyzed antibody and T cell responses in 136 London healthcare workers who had mild or asymptomatic COVID-19 infection dating back to MarchRead More
Imperial College London’s researchers developed a model to assess the effect of different measures used to curb the coronavirus’s spread in a recent study. However, according to Swedish researchers from Lund University and other institutions, in the journal Nature, the model possessed fundamental shortcomings and cannot describe the published conclusions. It was almost significantly theRead More
Overview A recently published research by the University of Iowa in Nature reveals that a repurposed mouse model can develop symptoms of both severe COVID-19 (lung harm, blood clusters, irregular veins, and eventually death) and also of milder disease, which includes loss of the feeling of smell. The study also pointed out that convalescent plasmaRead More
