Could a Canadian sea sponge help prevent COVID-19 infections? A new study found that three naturally derived Canadian compounds — including one derived from a B.C. sea sponge — effectively prevented COVID-19 infection in human cells.
A new study found that three naturally derived Canadian compounds — including one derived from a B.C. sea sponge — effectively prevented COVID-19 infection in human cells and can pave the way for developing new medicines to treat the virus’s ever-growing list of variants.
Three of the most effective compounds the study investigated were found in Canada, including alotaketal C from a sea sponge collected in Howe Sound, B.C.; bafilomycin D from a marine bacteria collected in Barkley Sound, B.C.; and holyrine A from marine bacteria collected in Newfoundland waters. With an ever-evolving virus like COVID-19, the need for antivirals is imperative, said Jean, especially as monotherapy — or the use of one drug to treat a virus — typically results in drug resistance or other side effects.
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