Engineered ‘Cat Parasite’ Helps Deliver Drugs to Brain
Yulia Karra via Israel21c – Researchers discover method to penetrate the blood-brain barrier and deliver therapeutic proteins via Toxoplasma gondii. Researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU) recently discovered a method to deliver…
Top Israeli Doctor Says Ivermectin Could Help Treat COVID, Urges More Research
Chris Mitchell via CBN News – JERUSALEM, Israel – In the battle against COVID-19, most of the world has turned to vaccines as the main line of defense. Still, a number…
Israeli Trials with Already-Approved Drug Give ‘Astounding Results’ in Severe COVID Cases
Julie Stahl via CBN News – JERUSALEM, Israel – Could a simple drug that’s been on the market for decades successfully treat COVID-19? A year ago, CBN News shared with you…
Over-the-Counter Acid Reflux Drug Appears to Improve the Odds of Survival for COVID-19 Patients
University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science via News Medical – In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors in Wuhan noticed something surprising. Many of the elderly…
Study Suggests Vitamin B12 as a SARS-CoV-2 Antiviral
Sally Robertson, B.Sc. via News-Medical – Researchers in the UK and Spain have used a novel drug screening approach to identify compounds that could serve as effective antivirals against severe acute…
New Study Into Green Tea’s Potential to Help Tackle COVID-19
Swansea University via Newswise – As India continues to be ravaged by the pandemic, a Swansea University academic is investigating how green tea could give rise to a drug capable of…
The Dream Team: Scientists Find Drug Duo That May Cure COVID-19 Together
Tokyo University of Science via EurekAlert – COVID-19 continues to claim lives across the world and is infecting millions more. Although several vaccines have recently become available, making significant strides towards…
NIH Researchers Identify Potential New Antiviral Drug for COVID-19
NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development via EurekAlert – The experimental drug TEMPOL may be a promising oral antiviral treatment for COVID-19, suggests a study of…
Antifungal and Antidepressant Drugs Can Effectively Inhibit COVID-19 Virus
Wiley via News-Medical – New research published in the British Journal of Pharmacology indicates that two currently available medications–an antifungal drug and an antidepressant–can effectively inhibit the virus that causes COVID-19 in…
Curcumin Nanosystems Could Be Powerful COVID-19 Therapeutics
Dr. Liji Thomas, MD via News-Medical – With new variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerging, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is far from over. While the…
Statin Use Associated With Increased Survival in Severe COVID-19
Columbia University Irving Medical Center via EurekAlert – NEW YORK, NY (Feb. 26, 2021)–People who took statins to lower cholesterol were approximately 50% less likely to die if hospitalized for…
Hospitalizations Rise in Coronavirus Surge, but Death Rate Is Much Lower Than It Once Was
News Staff via CBN News – Coronavirus cases are rising again here in the US, as well as in multiple other countries in Europe. Many experts had expected the virus to surge…