In a proof of concept, a group of Network Medicine scientists / clinicians lead by Professors Albert-László Barabási and Joseph Loscalzo (founders of the field of network medicine) using Network Medicine tools. Identified the human tissues that express the proteins needed by the virus (those that are needed for a statistically significant viral module, following Kitsak et al.). These are the tissues/organs that could be invaded by the virus. The insights that are evolving from these lines of studies are establishing preliminary predictive pipelines of distinct drugs that can be repurposed and applied to the SARS-CoV-2 infection and treatment of COVID-19.

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