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Needles In A Haystack: Could Existing Drugs Treat COVID-19?
Original article from WGBH by Liz Neisloss. April 15, 2020 Getting a new drug on the market can sometimes take more than a decade. And that’s why already existing drugs are being used in hundreds of clinical trials around the world, and in Boston, seeking a treatment for COVID-19. Several Boston area... More
BU NEIDL Scientists Can “See the Enemy,” Making Headway on COVID-19 Research
Original article from The Brink by Kat J. McAlpine. April 6, 2020 First things first: in order to take out an enemy, you’ve got to be able to see the enemy. But how do you “see” a seemingly invisible invader like SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus responsible for more than a million... More
Antibodies found in blood of recovered coronavirus patients could offer a path to treatment
Original article from Boston Herald by Alexi Cohan. March 31, 2020 Labs around the world are seeking blood samples from recovered coronavirus patients in hopes that their antibodies could unlock a path to treatment for current patients struggling with the contagious disease. “People that have been exposed to COVID-19 and have recovered... More
Boston University lab conducting research on live samples of coronavirus
Original article from WCVB. March 25, 2020 A Boston University lab is the only one in New England with a live sample of COVID-19, according to The Boston Globe. The school's National Emerging Infectious Diseases Lab won approval in 2017 to study some of the most infectious specimens. That move caused controversy in... More
BU Lab To Use Live Coronavirus To Test Thousands Of Drugs For Treatment
Original article from CBS Boston by Lisa Gresci. March 25, 2020 A Boston lab that studies some of the most dangerous microbes in the world is now part of the fight against the coronavirus. Scientists at Boston University’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories in the South End have had their hands on... More
Microbiologist testing drugs on live coronavirus sample: ‘I’m very optimistic we can find something’
Original article from Fox News by Yael Halon. March 25, 2020 A Boston University microbiologist who will begin testing potentially life-saving drugs against a live sample of the coronavirus told "Bill Hemmer Reports" Wednesday that he is "extremely optimistic." "We will take drugs that are already out there on the market to test them and see if they... More
Controversial BU Lab is only one in New England with live Coronavirus
Original article from The Boston Globe by Jonathan Saltzman. March 24, 2020 Millions of people are doing everything possible to avoid the COVID-19 virus. Robert Davey couldn’t wait to get his hands on it. When he did last Thursday, the Boston University microbiologist was wearing heavy-duty rubber gloves and an air-tight pressurized... More
Get a Peek inside the Search for COVID-19 Drugs
Original article from Futurity by Boston University. March 23, 2020 Last week, scientists at the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories started suiting up to conduct research on live samples of the novel coronavirus. This type of emergency—a fast-spreading virus outbreak—is precisely what the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL), now in its... More
Live Coronavirus Research Gets Underway at BU NEIDL
Original article from The Brink by Kat J. McAlpine. March 19, 2020 Scientists at Boston University’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL), led by microbiologist Robert Davey, this week started suiting up to conduct research on live samples of the novel coronavirus, the first team in Boston to start such work... More
Experts: Here’s what we know about the new coronavirus
Original article from Futurity by Jessica Colarossi. March 12, 2020 As the number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus is climbing around the globe, researchers are racing to learn more about the novel coronavirus and how it spreads. To bring the community up to speed, Boston University infectious disease experts Nahid... More