Dong-Yan Jin - October 7, 2020

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Dong-Yan Jin, PhD, Clara and Lawrence Fok Professor in Precision Medicine. University of Hong Kong, "Beneficial effect of combinational methylprednisolone and remdesivir in the hamster model of SARS-CoV-2 infection"

Inhibition of the viral replication is possible at different stages of the viral life cycle. Dr. Jins therapy uses a helicase inhibitor to interrupt this process. Furthermore, he gave insight into other aspects of his research, such as the still unknown reasons for symptomatic disease progression and the possibility of exploiting them, once understood.