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Quote: "A new study demonstrated how a common, FDA-approved drug could halt lung damage caused by the coronavirus. Researchers at Israel's Hebrew University of Jerusalem and New York's Mount Sinai Medical Center said they slashed the severity of COVID-19 by reducing the ability of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to reproduce in lung tissue.
According to The Jerusalem Post, the scientists said the cholesterol-lowering drug, fenofibrate, also known as Tricor, starved the virus from its fat sources until it almost disappeared within five days. The research was performed in lab studies both in New York and Israel and used different samples of lung tissue. The team hopes to replicate their results in animal studies since the drug has already been proven safe.
"By understanding how the SARS-CoV-2 controls our metabolism, we can wrestle back control from the virus and deprive it of the very resources it needs to survive," Hebrew University professor Ya'acov Nahmias said."
I just don't get this...A new study demonstrated how a common, FDA-approved drug could halt lung damage caused by the coronavirus. Researchers at Israel's Hebrew University of Jerusalem and New York's Mount Sinai Medical Center said they slashed the severity of COVID-19 by reducing the ability of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to reproduce in lung tissue.
According to The Jerusalem Post, the scientists said the cholesterol-lowering drug, fenofibrate, also known as Tricor, starved the virus from its fat sources until it almost disappeared within five days. The research was performed in lab studies both in New York and Israel and used different samples of lung tissue. The team hopes to replicate their results in animal studies since the drug has already been proven safe.
"By understanding how the SARS-CoV-2 controls our metabolism, we can wrestle back control from the virus and deprive it of the very resources it needs to survive," Hebrew University professor Ya'acov Nahmias said.ir"
I don't get this..I'm pretty sure Viruses do not need fat...They don't eat and they don't excrete...They don't have sex..Virus life must suck..
Feno fibrate is readily available...guess everybody would be using it to cure COV-19 if it worked...Why haven't we heard about this..I'm tired about all these discussions about ventilators...
":>) JL
