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Doesn't that mean that Remdesivir would essentially defeat _all_ RNA viruses? Or is the effectiveness dependent on the exact RNA cloning mechanism used by the v
by rocqua 7y ago
Doesn't that mean that Remdesivir would essentially defeat _all_ RNA viruses? Or is the effectiveness dependent on the exact RNA cloning mechanism used by the virus?
- rwmj 7y agoYes, it was originally invented to treat ebola, but it's thought to have general antiviral properties against RNA viruses.
- lisk1 7y agoThere are a lot more RNA virus specifically targeting antivirals surprised that most of them are not yet tested.
- malwarebytess 7y agosounds like we should get on it
- rwmj 7y agoAccording to this radio programme[1] I was listening to at the weekend, scientists have been warning about the potential of coronaviruses to cause a pandemic for a long time, and saying we should work on general antivirals for them. Obviously that didn't happen. [1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000gvd1 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000gvd1
- koheripbal 7y agoDidn't it? The one we're talking about was developed to fight the last two Coronaviruses.
- vikramkr 7y agoYep. This is the same drug they tried to deploy against Ebola, and that's why they think itll be useful for such a wildly different drug virus here as well