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== Potential treatments and ways to minimize exposure to COVID-19 ==
== Potential treatments and ways to minimize exposure to COVID-19 ==
* A USA, French UK study '''identified 69 drugs to test against the coronavirus'''<ref> Gordon, et al. A SARS-CoV-2-Human Protein-Protein Interaction Map Reveals Drug Targets and Potential Drug-Repurposing: bioRxiv (online)  2020 [http://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.22.002386 http://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.22.002386]</ref>. As reported in the [http://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/22/science/coronavirus-drugs-chloroquine.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage New York Times] (23-Mar-2020) "The researchers sought drugs that also latch onto the human proteins that the coronavirus seems to need to enter and replicate in human cells."  
* A USA, French UK study '''identified 69 drugs to test against the coronavirus'''<ref> Gordon, et al. A SARS-CoV-2-Human Protein-Protein Interaction Map Reveals Drug Targets and Potential Drug-Repurposing: bioRxiv (online)  2020 [http://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.22.002386 http://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.22.002386]</ref>. As reported in the [http://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/22/science/coronavirus-drugs-chloroquine.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage New York Times] (23-Mar-2020) "The researchers sought drugs that also latch onto the human proteins that the coronavirus seems to need to enter and replicate in human cells."  
* Fighting Coronavirus with Soap from PDB-101.  
* Fighting Coronavirus with Soap from PDB-101.  
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* A French study<ref> Gautret, et al. Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as a treatment of COVID-19: results of an open- label non-randomized clinical trial: Intl J Antimcrob Agents (in press) 2020  [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2020.105949 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2020.105949]</ref> showed, despite its small sample size (20 patients treated), that '''hydroxychloroquine treatment is significantly associated with viral load reduction/disappearance in COVID-19 patients''' and its effect is reinforced by azithromycin.
* A French study<ref> Gautret, et al. Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as a treatment of COVID-19: results of an open- label non-randomized clinical trial: Intl J Antimcrob Agents (in press) 2020  [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2020.105949 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2020.105949]</ref> showed, despite its small sample size (20 patients treated), that '''hydroxychloroquine treatment is significantly associated with viral load reduction/disappearance in COVID-19 patients''' and its effect is reinforced by azithromycin.
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== Movies helping to explain COVID-19 ==
== Movies helping to explain COVID-19 ==
* Coronavirus animation: How COVID-19 Impacts your Body and ways to avoid infection (Mar 20 2020), by  [http://highimpact.com High Impact].
* Coronavirus animation: How COVID-19 Impacts your Body and ways to avoid infection (Mar 20 2020), by  [http://highimpact.com High Impact].
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* Background of the Coronavirus-COVID-19 and details of its 3D structure, by [http://www.biolution.net biolution GmBH].  
* Background of the Coronavirus-COVID-19 and details of its 3D structure, by [http://www.biolution.net biolution GmBH].  
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* A [http://player.vimeo.com/video/395937110?html5=1&#038;title=1&#038;byline=0&#038;portrait=0&#038;autoplay=0 movie of the  3D model] of the surface of COVID-19, by [http://www.drugtargetreview.com/news/57287/3d-visualisation-of-covid-19-surface-released-for-researchers Fusion Animation].
* A [http://player.vimeo.com/video/395937110?html5=1&#038;title=1&#038;byline=0&#038;portrait=0&#038;autoplay=0 movie of the  3D model] of the surface of COVID-19, by [http://www.drugtargetreview.com/news/57287/3d-visualisation-of-covid-19-surface-released-for-researchers Fusion Animation].