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Preparing for a New Normal, Researchers Study Molecular Basis for COVID Drug Similar to Tamiflu

By Omsalama Ayoub | December 4, 2020

Prof. Christopher Alabi, chemical and biomolecular engineering, released a study for peer review on a mechanism that successfully blocked the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in ferrets. Alabi’s co-authors on the study are now applying for a patent that would make use of this discovery in a drug.

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