CoronaBlog – a Coronavirus Blog from CompBioMed

Researchers from the Brunel University have developed a simulation tool that models the viral spread at the sub-national level, the “Flu And Corona virus Simulator” (FACS). FACS incorporates geospatial data from open sources to single building resolution within small predefined regions. Using FACS, the researchers have modelled the spread of Covid-19 at the local level…Read More+

In our previous blog posts we have highlighted in the work of the Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) and Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) that High Performance Computing (HPC) resources are an invaluable research tool. Much like their counterparts and colleagues around the world, Japan’s top scientists are now refocusing and accelerating their research efforts towards addressing…Read More+

CompBioMed partners and academics from other research facilities are carrying out research to address the fundamental biological mechanisms of both the SARS-CoV-2 novel corona virus and the COVID-19 disease it causes. The ongoing research also includes an attempt to target the entire viral proteome (entire complement of proteins that is or can be expressed by…Read More+

The use of certain drugs can disturb the rhythm at which hearts beat.  This disruption can have toxic effects on the heart, which are particularly dangerous for those with underlying medical conditions.  Two drugs which are known to have proarrhythmic effects are the antimalarial drugs azithromycin and hydroxychloroquine. Azithromycin and hydroxychloroquine are thought to be…Read More+

The use of existing pharmaceutical to treat COVID-19 has several potential benefits over the development of new drugs from the group up, not least that much shorter clinical trials would be needed and production on industrial scales has already been realised in many cases. Andrew Potterton, a PhD student at UCL and Evotec, described to…Read More+