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    March 19, 2020

    Coronavirus COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2): Facts & Drug Discovery Updates (formerly 2019-nCoV)

    Scientifron1fic Facts to Understand and Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic

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    Originally Authored by Barry Bunin, PhD on January 28th, 2020,

    Last Updated by Jason Bret Harris, PhD 

    As news about COVID-19 and Coronavirus dominates the headlines, it is easy to get emotional and react to every latest development. However, we believe it is helpful to examine the facts and take a broader view on this outbreak. Here is what we know about the new virus so far, and how the scientific community is working to counter it.


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    1. What is COVID-19?

    2. How is COVID-19 spread (epidemiology)?

    3. What is COVID-19 similar to?

    4. COVID-19 Vaccine Development.

    5. COVID-19 Drug Development.

    6. Lessons for COVID-19 Drug Disovery.

    7. Symptoms, Diagnostics, & Treatments for COVID-19.

    This blog is authored by members of the CDD Vault community. CDD Vault is a hosted drug discovery informatics platform that securely manages both private and external biological and chemical data. It provides core functionality including chemical registrationstructure activity relationshipchemical inventory, and electronic lab notebook capabilities.

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