Animal model

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An animal model is a non-human animal species used in biomedical research because it can mimic aspects of a biological process or disease that occur in humans.

Sep 2020

Nature

Animal models for COVID-19

Autoren

Muñoz-Fontela C et al.

New combination therapy offers chance of healing hepatitis B

Around 260 million people, more than three percent of the global population, are chronically infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV); in the long term, this often leads to complications such as

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Reduction and elimination of HIV reservoirs

The development of potent antiretroviral treatment (ART) strategies has significantly changed the face of the HIV/AIDS pandemic from a lethal disease to a chronic livable condition for infected individuals with access to care. However, in spite of ground-breaking advances in anti-HIV treatment, cure ...

Measles virus as vector for a COVID-19 vaccine.

As part of the research activities within the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), scientists of the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut studied specific vaccine candidates against COVID-19. They are based

Alina Renz, Lina Widerspick und Andreas Dräger

SARS-CoV-2: Bioinformaticians discover a new weakness of the virus

The search for effective antiviral agents against the new coronavirus is in full swing. Using a novel approach, Tübingen bioinformaticians have now discovered a weakness in the virus that could be

04 Nov 2020

Webinar

Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM)
Weekly webinar
Germany

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CPT Pharmacometrics Syst Pharmacol

Modeling favipiravir antiviral efficacy against emerging viruses: from animal studies to clinical trials

Autoren

Madelain V et al.

DZIF Coronavirus Researchers use “Fast Track”

Research has been called to develop drugs, vaccines and testing methods as quickly as possible to fight the SARS-coronavirus-2. A fast-track procedure has made additional funding available to

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