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Scientists uncover potential antiviral treatment for COVID-19.

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Researchers from the University of Nottingham have discovered a novel antiviral property of a drug that could have major implications in how future epidemics / pandemics – including Covid-19 – are managed.

The study, published in Viruses*, shows that thapsigargin is a promising broad‑spectrum antiviral, highly effective against Covid-19 virus (SARS-CoV-2), a common cold coronavirus, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and the influenza A virus.

Given that acute respiratory virus infections caused by different viruses are clinically indistinguishable on presentation, an effective broad-spectrum that can target different virus types at the same time could significantly improve clinical management. An antiviral of this type could potentially be made available for community use to control active infection and its spread.

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sassy59

Good news 2greys xxx

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Jaybird19

Army medics arrived to give me vaccine just after I read your post on the Nottingham antiviral so I mentioned it to them and was told it was being used already in an ITU .Sounds very hopeful.

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Annie31

Something like this will definitely be needed into the future, the world cannot afford pandemics like this to keep happening.

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katieoxo60

That is very interesting news, gives more hope than the current options. Thank you for the link and who knows maybe this might be a positive step forward for future control of pandemics.

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