Teams are pursuing a dizzying array of therapeutic strategies to stymie COVID-19. It’s not yet clear which approach, or combination of approaches, will work best. *Editor’s Note: We’re providing a preview of this content due to the urgent and rapidly … Continue reading
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Tag Archives: pandemic
PREVIEW News Feature: To counter the pandemic, clinicians bank on repurposed drugs
Categories: Cell Biology | Immunology | Infectious disease | Medical Sciences | News feature | Pharmacology
Tagged choloroquine, COVID-19, hydroxycholoroquine, novel coronavirus, pandemic, remdesivir, SARS-Cov-2, TMPRSS2
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PREVIEW Inner Workings: Molecular biologists offer “wartime service” in the effort to test for COVID-19
*Editor’s Note: We’re providing a preview of this content due to the urgent and rapidly unfolding events surrounding the novel coronavirus pandemic. An updated version will appear in PNAS in the coming weeks. As COVID-19 spreads, communities across the United … Continue reading
Categories: Inner workings | Medical Sciences
Tagged coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 testing, pandemic, qPCR, RNA extraction, SARS-Cov-2
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Journal Club: Dogs can harbor evolving flu viruses, signaling potential future threat to humans
When scientists search for the origins of a novel influenza A outbreak, they often trace the virus back to birds or pigs. These animals act as reservoirs, hosts that allow diverse flu viruses to swap genome segments, evolving into new … Continue reading
Categories: Evolution | Infectious disease | Journal Club | Uncategorized
Tagged avian flu, canine flu, H1N1, influenza, pandemic, swine flu, zoonosis
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