Massive X-ray screening identifies promising candidates for COVID drugs

(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY) A team of researchers has identified several candidates for drugs against the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 at DESY´s high-brilliance X-ray lightsource PETRA III. They bind to an important protein of the virus and could thus be the basis for a drug against Covid-19. In a massive X-ray screening, the researchers tested almost 6000 known active substances that already exist for the treatment of other diseases, and report the results now online in the journal Scien...