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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Principal Investigator

    Prof Dr Sandra Ciesek

  • Research Location

    Germany

  • Lead Research Institution

    Frankfurt Institute of Virology and Fraunhofer Institute

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Therapeutics research, development and implementation

  • Research Subcategory

    Prophylactic use of treatments

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

Active ingredients and drugs that have already been approved or are in clinical trials could also help with COVID-19 diseases. The Frankfurt Institute of Virology is working with the Fraunhofer Institute to determine which of these substances have an antiviral effect on the SARS-CoV-2 corona virus. A Herculean task: around 5,000 samples have been examined so far. A donated pipetting robot facilitates this high-throughput testing. The machine enables the team around head virologist Prof. Sandra Ciesek to work precisely with small volumes. This is essential for such work. In addition, the automated pipetting of thousands of samples reduces possible pipetting errors. This means that the researchers are considerably faster. The Dr. "The Goethe Corona Fund is a really good start-up aid for our research on the SARS-CoV-2 corona virus. With the help of this start-up funding, we have now been able to acquire additional third-party funding, for example from the Federal Ministry of Research and the EU. "