As part of their research response to COVID-19, the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research has set up a drug screening and repurposing hub, CVR CRUSH, to test already available drugs against SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19. Facility manager Dr Agnieszka Szemiel discusses innovative techniques, such as reverse genetics which allow the hub team to determine whether each drug might be effective against different variants for example. She also discusses what makes a good virologist, and the skills that are imperative to working effectively and safely in a high containment level laboratory.
Looking for new treatments against COVID-19- CVR CRUSH
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