Protein Trial Results Suggest a Possible Breakthrough Treatment for COVID-19 Patients

Epoch Times ^ | 07/21/2020 | Paula Liu

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The preliminary trial results for a possible treatment for COVID-19 seem to suggest a possible breakthrough for one United Kingdom company, according to multiple reports.

Synairgen PLC, a biotech company from Southampton, UK, issued a statement on its website that on Monday, July 20, the company yielded positive results from SNG001, the treatment that featured inhalation of a protein called interferon beta.

As indicated by Synairgen PLC’s CEO Richard Marsden, Interferon Beta is a protein that an individual creates in their bodies when that individual gets any viral infection, according to an interview with Proactive.

As reported by BBC, the COVID-19 seemed to keep the body from producing this protein to fight viral infections in order to bypass the body’s immune system, and by giving patients doses of interferon beta, the body would be able to create enough anti-viral response, if not more, in order to help the body battle the disease.

“We are all delighted with the trial results announced today, which showed that SNG001 greatly reduced the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients who progressed from ‘requiring oxygen’ to ‘requiring ventilation.’ It also showed that patients who received the SNG001 were at least twice as likely to recover to the point where their everyday activities were not compromised through having been infected by SARS-CoV-2,” Marsden indicated, according to the statement on the company website.

The trial, which took place between March 30 to May 27, was a double-blind placebo-controlled test trial, and in total, there were a total of 101 patients who were recruited from nine different hospitals of the United Kingdom. Through this trial, Synairgen PLC discovered that patients who received the treatment had a 79 percent chance to lower the risk of getting worse as opposed to those who received the placebo, according to the website statement.

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[RatRipper]

Witch Doctor Fauci will be all over this. . . . /sarc

[hawkaw]

Awesome news. I heard treatments like this were coming before vaccines.

[butlerweave]

so they inhale it ,didn’t Trump say something about inhaling something and they laughed ,D’oh

[mrsmith]

Very encouraging!

Note that the patients were well along in their disease before treatment.
Implying that earlier use could bring even better results.

(But this is preliminary.)

[RJS1950]

Not a big surprise. Interferon in various forms have been used against cancer and various viral infections for many years with varying degrees of success.

[catnipman]

just so long as it’ll cost $5,000 for a course of treatment,otherwise everyone knows it’s worthless ...

[billakay]

Various interferons are used either inhaled or as suppositories for viral infections (depending on the nature of the infection) in Russia as a matter of course. In fact, the Russian Ministry of Health’s official COVID guidance for doctors has included the use of interferons both prophylactically and as part of treatment for COVID for months now.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Thanks for this post.