Antivirals in the Time of Coronavirus

An Evaluation of Remdesivir and Hydroxychloroquine Many years ago, efforts to contain HIV resulted in the first widespread successful use of antiviral drugs, including deoxynucleotide analogs such as AZT, able to terminate reverse transcription of viral RNA. The current coronavirus pandemic has spurred extensive efforts to identify effective and safe anti-SARS-CoV-2 drugs. Recent reports have…

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Dr. Robert Gallo Exclusive Broadcast Interview with Walter Isaacson of Amanpour & Co.

Can an Oral Polio Vaccine Help Stop COVID-19?  Please see this just released Associated Press article, “Could old vaccines for other germs protect against COVID-19?” with Dr. Robert Gallo (Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine) and Dr. Konstantin Chumakov (U.S. Food and Drug Administration), both of the Global Virus…

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Global Virus Network’s Institute of Human Virology and Italian Scientists Identify Unique Mutations in SARS-CoV-2 Found in Europe and North America

BALTIMORE, MD, April 9, 2020: The Institute of Human Virology (IHV) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, a Global Virus Network (GVN) Center of Excellence, and scientists from Trieste, Italy announced today the characterization of a novel mutation in the RNA polymerase of certain viral strains of SARS-CoV-2 carried by patients located in…

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