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Posted on 02.15.21
A Case for Colchicine
Derived from the autumn crocus in 1500 BC, Colchicine is one of the oldest anti-inflammatory agents and is commonly used for gout suppression and other inflammatory conditions. Recently, it has found new purpose in studies with the coro...
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Posted on 08.12.20
Use of Cyclosporin A as a potential for coronavirus inhibition for COVID-19 disease
The strategy of repurposing existing compounds to combat the new Coronavirus (SARS-Cov2) that causes COVID-19 is one that is being pursued on a global level. As SARS-CoV-2 is quite similar to SARS-CoV based on the full-length genome pro...
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Posted on 05.21.20
TOKU-E Talks: Something old, something new: Repurposing compounds against COVID-19
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread rapidly into a global pandemic and research is underway to discover compounds that have activity against SARS-CoV2, that belongs to the β genus of Coronaviruses (α and β infect mammals w...