Study identifies possible Covid drugs
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Immuno suppressing drugs do not increase Covid-19 risk: Study . (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua/IANS). Image Source: IANS News
New York, April 3 : A team of researchers has identified nine potential new Covid-19 treatments, including three, that were already approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating other diseases.
The study, published in the journal Cell Reports, screened thousands of existing drugs and drug-like molecules for their ability to inhibit the replication of the Covid-19-causing coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2.
Of the nine drugs found to reduce SARS-CoV-2 replication in respiratory cells, three already have FDA approval -- the transplant-rejection drug cyclosporine, the cancer drug dacomitinib, and the antibiotic salinomycin.