BIF401 GDB 1 Solution and Discussion
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Total Marks 5
Starting Date Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Closing Date Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Status Open
Question Title How bioinformatics help in drug discovery for COVID-19`
Question DescriptionGraded Discussion Board
COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2/Coronavirus 2019) is a world pandemic in which all most all the countries are affected. World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic. One important step towards developing therapies against COVID-19 (SARS-Cov-2) is to understand its genomic makeup.
In January, the genome sequence of SARS-CoV-2 was released to the scientific community. Since then, comparative genomics analyses have demonstrated that this novel virus belongs to the beta-coronavirus family and shared greater sequence homology to SARS-CoV than MERS-CoV. Unfortunately, there is still no specific antiviral treatment to either SARS-CoV or MERS-CoV.
Point of Discussion:
In light of this, how do scientists take advantage of the available genomic information of SARS-CoV-2 to better understand this novel virus and find cure for it? In short, How bioinformatics help in drug discovery for COVID-19?
NOTE
Your answer to the GDB should not more than 5 lines, in case found any answer exceed more than 5 lines will be rejected and grade 0 Marks.
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