AS COVID-19 CONTINUES TO
SPREAD A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI,
THEY'RE LOOKING TO SLOW THE
SPREAD WITH ANTI VIRAL DRUGS
ARCHIE CAPITOL BUREAU REPORTER
EMILY MANLEY EXPLAINS HOW
THESE DRUGS SPEED UP THE
RECOVERY OF COVID-19. HERE AT
THE BOND LIFE SCIENCES CENTER
AT MIZZOU RESEARCHERS ARE
LOOKING AT 4 DIFFERENT ANTI
VIRAL DRUGS.
AND HOW THEY CAN COMBAT
CORONAVIRUS THOSE DRUGS ARE
USED TO TREAT THINGS LIKE
EBOLA EYE CANCER AND INFLUENZA
AND NOW THEY'RE BEING USED ON
PATIENTS WITH THE VIRUS.
SO NO WE DID NOT THINK IT
WOULD BE THAT IT WOULD HAVE
BEEN THIS WORSE. NOBODY NO
INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERT HAVE
THAT OKAY THIS WORKS.
SINCE THE START OF 2020
CORONA VIRUS HAS INFECTED
MILLIONS WORLDWIDE HERE AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
RESEARCHERS ARE WORKING
AGAINST TIME FOR KEIR WANT TO
BE THE FIRST TO PUBLISH WE
WANT TO BE THE FIRST TO
DISCOVER SOMETHING ASSOCIATE
PROFESSOR KEMAL SAYING SAYS
HE'S BEEN STUDYING THE VIRUS
SINCE HE CAME TO MIZZOU IN
2009 FROM THAT DAY WE HAVE
BEEN LOOKING UNCUT ON THE WAY
THIS SO COULD ON ALL US TO
DIVIDE US. IT CAUSES THE
DISEASE. AND THAT DISEASES
COVID-19. NOW HE'S RESEARCHING
FOR DIFFERENT ANTI VIRAL DRUGS
TO SLOW THE SPREAD IT WOULD IT
WOULD BE.
COPYING OF THEIR LIVES
MAKING MULTIPLE COPIES.
THE 4 DRUG SAYING AND HIS
TEAM OF RESEARCHERS ARE
STUDYING OR REMDESIVIR YOU'RE
A DRUG ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED TO
TREAT EBOLA 5 YEAR YOURSELF
USED TO TREAT CANCER. ROB OF
IRAN, A DRUG USED FOR
HEPATITIS C AND FAT APPEAR
APPEAR USED TO TREAT
INFLUENZA.
THAT IS SEARCH NOW COMES
DOWN TO A BIG DON'T WORK AS
MUCH AS WE WANTED THE NEXT
THING IS HOW CAN BE MAKE
BETTER ABOUT.
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
AUSTIN SPRATT IS BEHIND THE
DATA OF THE RESEARCH
QUARANTINE IS WORK.
FOR ME FOR SURE SO I MEAN
I'M AT HOME ON THE COMPUTER
TRYING TO FIND THAT HAITIANS
FIERY BODIES JUST WATCHING
NETFLIX BUT SAYS THE RESEARCH
IS WORTH THE AN ENDING AMOUNT
OF WORK THE MORE RESEARCH YOU
DO THE MORE WE KNOW ABOUT THE
VIRUS THE MORE YOU KNOW THAT
THE VIRUS A BETTER WE CAN
COMBAT IT BETTER WE CAN BETTER
BETTER SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
SINGH SAYS CURRENTLY A NEW
HEALTH IS IN THE TRIAL STAGES
OF USING THE ANTI VIRAL DRUGS.
HE SAYS THE DRUGS HAVE BEEN
PROVEN TO SHORTEN THE RECOVERY
TIME OF THE VIRUS FROM 14 DAYS
