Posted on 01/15/2019 10:42:00 AM PST by Red Badger
Hong Kong scientists claim they have made a potential breakthrough discovery in the fight against infectious diseases -- a chemical that could slow the spread of deadly viral illnesses.
A team from the University of Hong Kong described the newly discovered chemical as "highly potent in interrupting the life cycle of diverse viruses" in a study published this month in the journal Nature Communications.
The scientists told AFP Monday that it could one day be used as a broad-spectrum antiviral for a host of infectious diseases -- and even for viruses that have yet to emerge -- if it passes clinical trials.
The spread in recent decades of sometimes deadly bird flu strains, the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) have underscored the need for new drugs that can work more quickly than vaccines.
Broad-spectrum antivirals are seen as the holy grail because they can be used against multiple pathogens.
In contrast, vaccines usually only protect against one strain, and by the time they are produced the virus may have mutated.
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Good news but...I wonder what side effects will result...or have been seen. Surely there have to be some.
Rain Forest herbs...
Raintree Formulas MYCO - 8 rainforest herbs. Kills most invaders.
My doctor put me on it when penicillin wasn’t worked to knock out a systemic infection.
24 hours later, my blood pressure dropped back to normal and I was up and around again.
should be 40-50 years before it’s approved here after extensive testing for safety-
Its called sodium- hypochlorite. Kills all germs on contact, You just dont want it in your body.
Used to use it to clean concrete..........................
the beginning...
Zombie Apocolypse
Thanks Red Badger.
further testing shows that the medication merely causes the viruses to run out of every orifice, run around in circles, and then plunge back into the same orifice. But even after the viruses are all tired out, you need more of the medication in a half hour.
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