Hundreds of Scientists Scramble to Find a Coronavirus Treatment

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In an ambitious international collaboration, researchers have “mapped” proteins in the coronavirus and identified 50 drugs to test against it.


By Carl Zimmer
March 17, 2020, 1:25 p.m. ET

Working at a breakneck pace, a team of hundreds of scientists has identified 50 drugs that may be effective treatments for people infected with the coronavirus.

Many scientists are seeking drugs that attack the virus itself. But the Quantitative Biosciences Institute Coronavirus Research Group, based at the University of California, San Francisco, is testing an unusual new approach.

The researchers are looking for drugs that shield proteins in our own cells that the coronavirus depends on to thrive and reproduce.Many of the candidate drugs are already approved to treat diseases, such as cancer, that would seem to have nothing to do with Covid-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus.

Scientists at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and at the Pasteur Institute in Paris have already begun to test the drugs against the coronavirus growing in their labs. The far-flung research group is preparing to release its findings at the end of the week.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/science/coronavirus-treatment.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

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1. I suspect that the actual number searching for an effective treatment is in the thousands...

As much attention and press that's been given to this disease, as well as its impact already on entire countries, I am simply guessing (imho). Mankind has been given an edict and many are rising up to the challenges, regardless of our failed federal government here in the US. Perhaps now that rump is tentatively on board with the severity of the disease, the full blown resources of the federal government can be marshaled and act upon this disease.

Be safe.

[octoberlib]

2. You too!

[defacto7]

3. Try Australia and Cuba. They say they both have a possible cure.

So far it has worked. Still testing.

Here's one link...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213110585