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The fight against COVID-19 needs urgent solutions. All over the world, teams of researchers are deployed in analysis and studies, but until now, there is still no effective solution.
From the University of Coimbra, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra and two companies, we are now informed of an innovative therapy aimed at eliminating the virus in seconds.
FOTOVID: The objective is to eliminate the virus right at the “entrance door” of the body….
The project, called FOTOVID, aims to eliminate the SARS-CoV-2 virus, responsible for the COVID-19 disease, “right at the main 'door of entry' of the body, that is, in the nostrils, through photodynamic therapy ", He says. the University of Coimbra (UC), in a note sent today to the Lusa agency.
According to those responsible for the consortium, FOTOVID is based on the “recent knowledge that SARS-CoV-2 is associated with a protein preferably present in the nasal passages, where a reservoir of viruses responsible for the transmission of the disease and generalization is created. of infection. . Inactivation of viruses present in the nasal passages in the early stages of COVID-19 disease can speed up treatment, allow only the most benign forms of the disease to manifest, and help prevent the spread of the pandemic. "
This innovative therapy capable of killing the virus is based on a nasal disinfection technology created by the Canadian company partner of the project, which is already used worldwide to eliminate multi-resistant bacteria.
Luís Arnaut from the University of Coimbra, one of the scientists involved in the research, says that ...
This is the innovation of the project, as the technology was never applied to inactivation of the virus.
We propose a procedure with a high degree of sophistication, which has already proven to be effective in disinfecting the nasal passages, even for multi-resistant bacteria where existing therapeutic alternatives always fail, that is, multi-resistant bacteria have been inactivated with therapy. photodynamics
This high degree of sophistication predicts the greatest success of therapy to combat COVID-19
Photodynamic therapy is a non-invasive, fast (it can only last a few seconds) and inexpensive treatment. Project leaders argue that this technology aims to be the first therapeutic option, eliminating the virus at a very early stage and thus preventing the disease from progressing to more serious stages.
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