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发帖数: 24 | 1 Revealed: How a single pill home cure for Covid could be available this year
At two anonymous Pfizer buildings, one in the US and one in Belgium, a
remarkable experiment is under way. Up to 60 volunteers, all clean-living
adults aged between 18 and 60, are being given the first pill specifically
designed to stop SARS-CoV-2.
If the trial is successful, it is just possible that a home cure for Covid-
19 will become available later this year. The Prime Minister, who announced
the formation of a UK Antivirals Taskforce last week specifically to invest
in such products, will no doubt be scanning his text messages for early
updates.
The molecule being tested is a bespoke antiviral codenamed PF 07321332.
Classed as a "protease inhibitor", it has been formulated to attack the "
spine" of the SARS-Cov-2 virus and stop it replicating in our noses, throats
and lungs. It was protease inhibitors that turned the tide on the spread of
HIV in the UK and around the world. Now researchers hope they may be on the
brink of a similar pandemic-busting breakthrough.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/revealed-home-
cure-covid-could-available-year/ |
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