id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-263840-1t4ykc01 Altay, Ozlem Current status of COVID-19 therapies and drug repositioning applications 2020-06-20 .txt text/plain 2099 140 44 Summary The rapid and global spread of a new human coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has produced an immediate urgency to discover promising targets for treatment of COVID-19. Here, we review current information concerning the global health issue of COVID-19 including promising approved drugs and ongoing clinical trials for prospective treatment options. At the genome 60 level, SARS-CoV-2 has 79ยท5% homology to SARS CoVCoV-2 and other coronaviruses, and its relative ease of sample acquisition and study, it has been widely 75 accepted that drug repositioning is a promising approach to make available an effective, safety-assured 76 treatment in a timely manner. In this review, we summarize diagnosis approaches, risk groups, available 77 treatment options, and drug repositioning studies related to COVID-19. The use of anti-inflammatory drugs in the treatment of people with severe coronavirus disease 525 2019 (COVID-19): The experience of clinical immunologists from China ./cache/cord-263840-1t4ykc01.txt ./txt/cord-263840-1t4ykc01.txt