The coronavirus known as COVID-19 first appeared in December, 2019 and spread around the world within a matter of days. As of this writing, it has infected nearly 400,000 people in 169 countries.
Scientists around the world have stopped their normal research to focus on creating a vaccine and treatment for this illness which has killed more than 17,000 people worldwide. Fortunately, more than 100,000 have recovered.
On March 22, 2020, an international team of scientists published a research paper preprint on biorXiv analyzing the interaction between the novel coronavirus and human proteins.* Their analysis predicts 332 protein-protein interactions and 69 existing pharmaceuticals that might perturb these interactions. The researchers propose that these drugs may be candidates for treating COVID-19 infections.
LKT Laboratories has a number of these proposed chemicals for COVID-19 research in stock that can be shipped within 24 hours:
We also have various other antiviral compounds available:
See complete list of available antiviral compounds here
*A SARS-CoV-2-Human Protein-Protein Interaction Map Reveals Drug Targets and Potential Drug-Repurposing, David E. Gordon et al., bioRxiv 2020.03.22.002386; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.22.002386.
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