Tag: antiviral

  • Nation & World

    Nipping COVID in the bud

    A new trial at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is aiming to disrupt COVID-19’s attack early in its course by treating patients immediately after symptoms appear with a widely used antiviral drug that, if it works, could be rapidly repurposed to fight the coronavirus.

    3 minutes
    Nathan Shapiro.
  • Nation & World

    Study explores whole-body immunity

    New research on the immune system suggests that the molecule interferon plays an important role in activating antiviral genes across many tissues, helping against infection.

    4 minutes