UAlberta virology lab finds drug originally meant for Ebola is effective against a key enzyme of coronavirus that causes COVID-19 (IMAGE)

University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry

UAlberta virology lab finds drug originally meant for Ebola is effective against a key enzyme of coronavirus that causes COVID-19

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Matthias Götte (left) and Egor Tchesnikov are part of a research team that found remdesivir, a drug created to treat Ebola infection, is effective in stopping a key enzyme of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

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Melissa Fabrizio

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