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Nitric oxide could be used as a treatment method to relieve coronavirus symptoms.
The gas has a clear antiviral effect and is already used to treat other lung diseases.
Researchers in a new study published in the scientific journal Redox Biology highlight nitric oxide as a possible treatment method for coronavirus symptoms. The substance, which occurs naturally in the body, was used as a treatment during the SARS epidemic to improve oxygenation in the blood of patients with acute lung weight. The inflammation of the lungs decreased with the treatment method.
– Since it is already used in medicine to treat various lung problems, it shouldn’t be that far off, says Åke Lundkvist, professor of virology at Uppsala University, who led the study.
Nitric oxide could be used as a treatment method to alleviate symptoms of COVID-19, according to the researchers.
Researchers from Uppsala University and the Karolinska Institute have relied on discoveries about the coronavirus during the sarse epidemic, Uppsala University writes in a press release. Then it turned out that nitric oxide released from a certain chemical compound, called SNAP, had a clear antiviral effect on the virus. Even in the coronavirus that has now paralyzed the world, sars-cov-2, SNAP has a virus-killing effect, the new study shows.
– Studies have already started in the USA where nitric oxide is administered to patients. Now you must test in the laboratory how much nitric oxide is needed and build models that better mimic clinical reality to get one step closer to treatment methods, says Åke Lundkvist.
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