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How chloroquine, coronavirus duke it out inside a dish

A pair of closely related drugs, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, have gotten tons of attention, but so far, at best, mixed results in clinical trials for treating COVID-19. But even if therapeutic expectations go unfulfilled, watching how they work in a lab dish can teach researchers a lot.