Jan 18 2021 Read 3347 Times
Funding of £2.5 million is being invested in a COVID-19 drug screening and resistance hub at the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR) in partnership with medical research charity LifeArc, which has donated £2 million and the MRC which has provided additional funding.
The ground-breaking project, CRUSH (COVID-19 Drug-Screening and Resistance Hub), dedicated to supporting global scientific effort and accelerating vital COVID-19 antiviral innovation drug translation, will be delivered by the partners and the University of Dundee Drug Discovery Unit.
Professor Massimo Palmarini, Director of the CVR, said: “The establishment of CRUSH is an exciting development for the CVR and we are delighted to be partnering with LifeArc on this initiative.
Screening and Resistance
Hub), has received £2.5million to establish a national resource which will initially be dedicated to supporting and accelerating vital COVID-19 antiviral innovation drug translation.
The facility is funded by £2m from medical research charity LifeArc, with additional funding from the Medical Research Council. CVR CRUSH will be delivered by the University of Glasgow in collaboration with partners LifeArc and the University of Dundee Drug Discovery Unit.
Global control of the COVID-19 pandemic is dependent on the availability of effective medical treatments and vaccines. CVR CRUSH will help support the global scientific effort against the disease by providing a fully integrated hub for pre-clinical drug screening and resistance assays for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, as well as providing the same services for other dangerous and deadly viruses in high containment facilities.