How Can We Find New Drugs To Treat COVID-19?

Video Feb 15, 2021 | Taken from Francis Crick Institute, YouTube

Drugs that have already been approved as treatments for other diseases could be effective treatments for COVID-19. Scientists want to find out which drugs might work as quickly as possible. Hear from researchers in the Chromosome Replication Laboratory at the Francis Crick Insititute, who have been testing thousands of drugs against SARS-CoV-2 using a biochemical test.

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