Zelia Nelly Ndoutoume, Arnaud John Kombe Kombe* and Fleury Augustin Nsole Biteghe
Volume3-Issue6
Dates: Received: 2022-06-27 | Accepted: 2022-06-29 | Published: 2022-06-30
Pages: 726-728
Abstract
The race to develop effective therapeutics/therapies against SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19 is ongoing as the pandemic is still far from being controlled. Recently, three groups of scientists including Bakovic, et al. [1], Xu, et al. [2]and Hu, et al. [3] respectively, reported a promising and highly attractive antiviral activity of a new drug, named brilacidin, against SARS-CoV-2 infections.
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DOI: 10.37871/jbres1504
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Ndoutoume ZN, Kombe Kombe AJ, Nsole Biteghe FA. Development of a Novel Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antiviral: Effective Inhibitory Activity of Brilacidin. J Biomed Res Environ Sci. 2022 June 30; 3(6): 726-726. doi: 10.37871/jbres1504, Article ID: JBRES1504, Available at: https://www.jelsciences.com/articles/jbres1504.pdf
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