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https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/covid-fighting-compounds-identified-sea-sponges-marine-bacteria/
Three compounds that effectively fight COVID-19 infection in human cells have been discovered by researchers based at the University of British Columbia.
One,
Alotaketal C
,
was derived from a sea sponge
collected in Howe Sound, British Columbia, while the others,
Bafilomycin D
and
Holyrine A
, were derived from marine bacteria found in Barkley Sound, British Columbia, and Newfoundland.
They found that 26 of the compounds
completely reduced viral infection in the cells and that three were able to do so in very small doses.
Further testing showed the three compounds were
effective against the delta variant and several omicron variants
. This is important in the continuing fight against COVID-19 as many of the current treatments are no longer effective against omicron variants as the virus is evolving.
and also this same approach might work on the flu:
Human cells evolve more slowly than viruses, so these compounds
could work against future variants and other viruses such as influenza
if they use the same mechanisms.