Platform finds potential antiviral drugsTWO OUT OF MILLIONS: More work has to be done to evaluate the clinical effects of drugs identified through a newly developed platform, a research team member saidStaff writer, with CNAA Taiwanese-Malaysian research team has developed a platform to identify drugs that might inhibit COVID-19 infections, which screens massive databanks of existing medicines. The platform was developed to help scientists find drugs developed to treat other diseases that might prove efficacious against COVID-19, the developers yesterday told a news conference held by National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) in Taipei. The researchers developed the platform to detect modulators that affect the interaction of SARS-CoV-2 and ACE2 using the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurement technique. The platform could also be used to search for medicines for treatment of other infectious diseases or even cancer, Chang said. The Taiwanese team members are from NCKU, NYCU, Chang Gung University, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Changhua University of Education.

Source: Taipei Times April 30, 2021 15:56 UTC