Potential Small-molecule Drug Targets for COVID-19
Viruses must enter the host cell to replicate in order to function. Therefore, antiviral drugs can be designed for a…
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Potential Therapeutic Options for SARS-CoV-2
Potential therapies for SARS-CoV-2 can be divided into two categories: one directly targets the novel coronavirus, and the other is…
Single-dose Antibody Therapy May Hope to Block HIV Infection and Replication in Newborns
Recently, in a research report published in the international journal Nature Communications, scientists from the Oregon Health and Science University…
Different Detection Methods for SARS-CoV-2
SARS-CoV-2(2019-nCoV) is a single-stranded RNA coronavirus with a genome sequence of 29903bp. The genome has 10 genes and can efficiently…
Bat Immune System Makes Virus More Deadly
It’s no coincidence that some of the most serious viral diseases in recent years—SARS, MERS, Ebola, Marburg, and new SARS-CoV-2—all…
Behind the Scenes of New Coronavirus Pneumonia-2019-nCov
What is Novel Coronavirus? Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) that was first detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China and which continues to expand. Chinese health officials…
Intestinal Bacteria-AKK
What creatures still live in our bodies? This problem seems simple, but our understanding is not clear for a long…
What is Dengue Fever?
Dengue fever is a global acute infectious disease caused by dengue virus (DV). It is widely spread in tropical and…
Human Rhinoviruses and Its Protease
Human rhinoviruses (HRV), which include over 100 different virus serotypes, are responsible for a significant portion of common colds experienced…
An overview of Clostridium
Clostridium is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria belonging to the firmicutes. They are obligate anaerobes capable of producing endospores. Individual…