Drug used for asthma and allergies drug blocks protein crucial to COVID-19 replication, IISc study reveals
A drug, commonly used for the treatment of asthma and allergies, can also block an important protein that is necessary for the replication of SARS-CoV-2, scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have found. The findings of this crucial study have been published in the journal eLife. The drug, montelukast, is consumed orally to …