Current studies on drugs to combat COVID-19.
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https://doi.org/10.36557/2674-8169.2020v2n11p01-09Keywords:
Covid-19, Medicines, Pharmacology, Therapeutics, Treatment.Abstract
A large-scale screening campaign yielded dozens of crystalline structures of small fragments of molecules that bind to the main SARS-CoV-2 protease. The global research community is encouraged to pursue them as starting points for drug discovery for COVID-19.
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