Putting virology back on the map: the fight against Covid-19

<div style="font-weight: 400;"> <p><span data-contrast="auto">This is the latest episode of the free DDW podcast, “Putting virology back on the map: the fight against Covid-19”. It covers two articles written for Volume 22, Issue 1 – Winter 2020/21 of the Drug Discovery World Magazine. </span><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p> </div> <div style="font-weight: 400;"> <p><span data-contrast="auto">The first article is a case study titled “New technology in COVID research may accelerate vaccines”, and the second is called “Virus in a well – microplate-based assays for virology research”.</span><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p> </div> <div style="font-weight: 400;"> <p><span data-contrast="auto">The first covers the technological advancements required to understand the behaviour of the Covid molecule to develop vaccines that will prevent the virus, and arrive at a treatment we can be confident will have the highest level of effectiveness. The second answers fundamental questions: How does a virus enter host cells? How does disease develop? How can hosts be protected? How can symptoms be relieved?</span><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p> </div>