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Researchers have apparently made a breakthrough in the fight against the Covid virus: ivermectin, a remedy for head lice, kills coronaviruses in a laboratory test within 48 hours. Read everything else here:
Scientists at the Australian Monash University have apparently made a breakthrough in the fight against the corona virus: in a laboratory test, the head lice drug ivermectin kills Covid-19 cell cultures within two days.
“We found that a single dose could remove all of the viral DNA in 24 hours,” quotes Daily Mail Dr Kylie Wagstaff Biomedicine Discovery Institute at Monsah University. “Even after 24 hours, there was a significant reduction,” said Wagstaff continues.
The active ingredient ivermectin is widely available worldwide. Scientists are now conducting pre-clinical and human clinical trials to determine the correct dose of the drug for human use, but this will take at least another month.
Dr. On the homepage of her institute, Kylie Wagstaff expressly points out that the drug ivermectin can only be used in humans against Covid-19 if the clinical tests on humans have been carried out and have been successfully completed.
In addition to head lice, ivermectin is also used against scabies and against river sickness. Ivermectin has also been shown to be effective against HIV, influenza, dengue and the Zika virus in in-vitro experiments.
The drug study was carried out as a joint project by the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute and the Peter Doherty Institute of Infection and Immunity.
Dr. Wagstaff and Professor Jans began investigating the efficacy of ivermectin against the Covid-19 virus immediately after the pandemic became known.
Wagstaff had already achieved a groundbreaking breakthrough in ivermectin research in 2012 when the scientist and Professor David Jans discovered the antiviral effect of ivermectin. Jans and his team have been researching the effectiveness of ivermectin on various viruses for more than 10 years.
The complete paper can be found here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166354220302011
The Australian Monash University claims to be one of the top 100 universities worldwide. The Monash Biopmedicine Discovery Institute was only recently launched. According to its own statements, the institute at Monash University brings together over 120 international research teams that are supported with “world’s best technology and infrastructure”.
Sources: Daily Mail / PM Monash University / Science Direct
An article by the Prometheus.tv science editorial team in conjunction with the Rechercheetzwerk.BW
First published: 05.04.2020-23: 01
Latest update: 04/05/2020 – 23:33
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