Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

Many small steps towards a COVID-19 drug

  • Daniel A. Erlanson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18710-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 4

Abstract

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A large-scale screening campaign has yielded dozens of crystal structures of small molecule fragments that bind to the main protease of SARS-CoV-2. The global research community is encouraged to pursue these as drug discovery starting points for COVID-19.