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Title: Antiviral used to treat cat coronavirus also works against COVID-19
Post by: watcher on August 28, 2020, 10:11:04 AM

"...Researchers at the University of Alberta are preparing to launch clinical trials of a drug used to cure a deadly disease caused by a coronavirus in cats that they expect will also be effective as a treatment for humans against COVID-19. In just two months, our results have shown that the drug is effective at inhibiting viral replication in cells with SARS-CoV-2," said Joanne Lemieux, a professor of biochemistry in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry. This drug is very likely to work in humans, so we're encouraged that it will be an effective antiviral treatment for COVID-19 patients..."

See https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-08-antiviral-cat-coronavirus-sars-cov-.html (https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-08-antiviral-cat-coronavirus-sars-cov-.html)