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Explained: How drugs and vaccines are being designed to fight Covid-19
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News about studies into the drug Remdesivir has led bulletins across the world over the last 24 hours. Remdesivir is designed to target a specific process which takes place in a cell infected by the virus that causes Covid-19.
Understanding that process, and the wider molecular biology of the virus, is what hundreds of scientists are trying to do across the world, to fight the pandemic.
Already, they know the virus has weaknesses, and they're trying to find ways to exploit them. Key to understanding those weaknesses, is understanding the structure of the virus.
It may be called 'the invisible enemy' but scientists can set eyes on it, and figure out how it infects our cells. That knowledge of the shape of the virus particle, and the
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