Coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)is caused by a novel strain of coronavirus,designated as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARSCoV-2).It has caused a global pandemic rapidly sweeping across all countri...Coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)is caused by a novel strain of coronavirus,designated as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARSCoV-2).It has caused a global pandemic rapidly sweeping across all countries,bringing social and economic hardship to millions.Most countries have implemented early warning measures to detect,isolate,and treat patients infected with SARS-CoV-2.This minireview summarizes some of those steps,in particular,testing methods and drug development in the context of chemical biology,and discusses the molecular basis of COVID-19’s virulent transmissibility.展开更多
基金This research was made possible as a result of a generous grant from the National Key Research Program(no.2020YFC0842800)the Science and Technology Project of Hunan Province(no.2020SK3008)the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(nos.2016YFA0201600 and 2018YFE0117200).
文摘Coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)is caused by a novel strain of coronavirus,designated as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARSCoV-2).It has caused a global pandemic rapidly sweeping across all countries,bringing social and economic hardship to millions.Most countries have implemented early warning measures to detect,isolate,and treat patients infected with SARS-CoV-2.This minireview summarizes some of those steps,in particular,testing methods and drug development in the context of chemical biology,and discusses the molecular basis of COVID-19’s virulent transmissibility.
