Do We Have Any Miracle Drugs To Treat Coronavirus
There is a trial on the way to verify whether Remdesivir drug might an early intervention solution. Patient given this drug in Seattle recovered within a day.
[Editor's note] Here's an excerpt from the Sciencemag article - "Remdesivir cripples an enzyme called RNA polymerase that is used by many viruses to copy themselves; it does not specifically target SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. But it worked well in test tube and animal studies of human coronaviruses."
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