08/19 OT: It’s the 19th; Heeeyy 19

08/19 OT: It’s the 19th; Heeeyy 19

UC Irvine scientists get ‘initial hit’ in developing drug to treat COVID-19 … Now that [James] Nowick’s lab has a prototype called an “initial hit,” researchers need to make additional molecules that are more effective in blocking the protease. Then they must figure out how to actually deliver the best molecule to infected cells.