TeachableMedicalNews article 03202020
Teachable moment in classrooms:
- cellular basis of life chapter – receptor mediated endocytosis
- cellular basis of life chapter – fusion of endosome with lysosome
- cellular basis of life chapter – enzymes inside the lysosome require low pH
- microbiology – coronaviruses receptors on cell membranes
- microbiology – coronaviruses and their release into the cytoplasm
The news item: A possible treatment of COVID 19 patients made the news recently:
Chloroquine, an old malaria drug, may help treat novel coronavirus, doctors say
According to early research, an old malaria drug called chloroquine might also work for the new coronavirus.
The article mentions the drug chloroquine, and that it blocks the attachment of the virus to cultured cells. This latter point is inaccurate, so read on to find out the truth.
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