Novel broad-spectrum antiviral drug developed for better strategic epidemic control

Group photo of the research team (from left) Dr Jasper Chan Fuk-woo, Professor Yuen Kwok-yung, Dr Yuan Shuofeng and Dr Chu Hin.

Source: The University of Hong Kong

A team at the Medical Faculty of the University of Hong Kong led by Professor Yuen Kwok-yung of the Department of Microbiology has discovered a novel broad-spectrum antiviral drug that would be strategic for epidemic control of infectious disease outbreaks including SARS and MERS coronaviruses, avian influenza viruses, and Zika virus. Winmas Yu interviews Dr Jasper Chan from the team.



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