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Antiviral drug shows promise against COVID-19 and RSV
A drug called 4’-fluorouridine effectively treated both COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, in animals.
www.nih.gov
During a systematic search for new drugs that would be effective therapeutics against COVID-19 & similar viruses, researchers at the NIH recently published info on 4'-fluorouridine, a simple analog derivative of the natural nucleoside uridine. Research was done in collaboration with Georgia State UNIV. Like the new Pfizer protease inhibitor, this drug would be given in pill form.