Posted on 08/29/2021 10:22:34 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Research from Hebrew University points to some promising channel blockers that could be studied as antiviral treatments for SARS-CoV-2.
New research by Prof. Isaiah (Shy) Arkin of the Department of Biological Chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem suggests that several existing drugs should be studied as promising treatments for Covid-19.
Arkin and his team looked for antiviral drugs that exploit a weak link in many viruses – proteins called ion channels.
New research by Prof. Isaiah (Shy) Arkin of the Department of Biological Chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem suggests that several existing drugs should be studied as promising treatments for Covid-19.
Arkin and his team looked for antiviral drugs that exploit a weak link in many viruses – proteins called ion channels.
Ion channels allow the virus to regulate the acidity and salinity of its internal and external environment. Blocking those channels makes it difficult for infections to spread.
So far, only one ion channel blocker is approved as an antiviral treatment, and that is for influenza.
Arkin and his group focused on the E protein ion channel in the coronavirus membrane. They scanned a small library of substances approved for use in humans and found two that block it: gliclazide (a drug used to treat diabetes) and memantine (a drug used to treat Alzheimer’s disease).
Then they scanned a broader library of 2,839 substances and found eight more E protein inhibitors, as reported in the scientific journal Pharmaceuticals.
Since all the inhibitors found are already approved for use in humans, Arkin expects a swift path to regulatory approval for clinical research.
Prof. Shy Arkin. Photo courtesy of Hebrew University
“Thirty percent of the drugs available today have been approved in this way, including the drugs currently available against the coronavirus or those recently tested against this virus,” Arkin said.
Indeed, earlier Israeli research identified several other existing drugs that could be used to treat Covid-19.
He added that it’s safe to assume inhibitors of the E protein — an essential component of SARS-CoV-2 — would be relevant to variants, even those against which current vaccines are less effective.
“The general feeling in Israel and around the world is that if there are vaccines, there is no reason to continue working on [treatments for] the virus because we have found a solution. Unfortunately, if we rely on one solution, the vaccine, we may find ourselves in a situation where a new variant [resists the vaccine],” Arkin said. “We’re not there yet, but the variants around the world are a warning light.”
His group hopes to publish another study on the effectiveness of the inhibitors against the entire virus and not just against the E protein.
“The stage is now set for in vitro and in vivo studies (in appropriate bio-safety facilities) to examine the effects of the compounds on the virus,” the researchers concluded.
It’s good work, called repurposing, and is the work Fauci should have been funding for the past two decades so there was already a drug in place if a SARS epidemic ever hit.
That was his job. He didn’t do it.
And non will be approved by the FDA for treating Covid because that would cause a halt to the EUA for Covid vaccines.
There’s a question I’ve been wanting to pose to folks here about ‘existing drugs’ that may be used to treat WuFlu. Recently I met up with a family member… he and his wife have about 35 ‘health supplement stores’ and can certainly speak knowledgeably about all kinds of healthy things people can take, alternative treatments etc. We discussed various regimens that people can take to ward against WuFlu and I outlined what I was doing… vitamins C, D3, B complex, zinc, quercetin and melatonin on a daily basis and then keep ivermectin on the ready to go if and when I feel that it should be used.
He had a couple of thoughts… one was that NAC (n-acetylcystein) and/or serrapeptase would be good to add to the regimen. The other thought he had was to have chlorine dioxide handy if one was to come down with WuFlu. I had never heard of chlorine dioxide before and so did a bit of search. There is quite a bit of information on it, and it seems that at least in one form it is sold under the name of MMS (Miracle Mineral Solution) and promoted by a guy named Jim Humble. There is a ton of FDA warnings and plenty of detractors… usually ones calling it ‘industrial bleach’ even though bleach is actually sodium hypochlorite.
Regardless, Natural News has quite a few articles on this…. here are two of them:
https://www.naturalnews.com/2020-06-02-does-cure-for-covid-19-already-exist-andreas-kalcker-chlorine-dioxide.html
https://www.naturalnews.com/2021-07-28-chlorine-dioxide-to-treat-covid.html
Has anyone here ever heard of using chlorine dioxide? Has anyone used it and can report on what they found?
I appreciate whatever information gets turned up on this.
bump for later
Colloidal silver kills all viruses and bacteria. No big pharma. They hate it. So they lie about it. Despite it being the best known antibacterial agent known
One is called Ivermectin.
Soon after Trump mentioned these long available medicines, we saw a full blown media and BigTech political “cancel” campaign against hydroxychloroquine and now Ivermectin, after both showed positive results against Covid19. Long declared “safe and effective” and FDA approved medicines, used for decades for a variety of ailments. Then overnight... they were going to kill you. #SmellDemonRats!
Doctors who advocated these medicines were and are still being “investigated”, attacked and silenced. Long used drugs, approved by FDA as safe... now are proclaimed “dangerous” if used to treat Covid19. To which I must ask... dangerous to patients or BigPhama profits?
“Cheap, plentiful and effective”... are words that seem like a cross in front of Dracula to FDA, CDC, WHO and BigPharma medical “cartel.”
Covid-19: “Tyranny Variant” infects Leftazis all over the world.
Maybe if he said they were unsafe and wanted to ban them, they;d be used everywhere today.
India and several African Nations are using HCQ and Ivermectin with dramatic results.....Interesting that MSM doesn’t mention these facts. Dr. Fauci has never mentioned there useage, if he did, he would lose control and maybe lots of money.....
True.
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