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Dubai (AFP) - An international team of scientists has just achieved yet another
breakthrough, following the discovery of certain compound that could inhibit the spread of coronavirus -- main cause of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
(MERS-CoV) and SARS outbreak worldwide.
According to these experts, the recently discovered compound is called
K22. It purportedly halts the coronavirus from spreading throughout the human
body.
Edward Trybala, leader of a scientific research team from the University of Gothenburg
in Sweden, and Volker Thiel from the University of Bern have explicated their
prior research findings about the K22 compound, which according to them has the
ability to fight against mild form of coronavirus that is causing flu.
But after conducting further studies, they have found out that K22 can
actually deal with more serious forms of coronaviruses, including MERS-CoV and
even SARS.
The compound works by averting the virus from growing in number, thus
preventing them from controlling cell membranes of the human respiratory system
in which they are residing, according to the scientists.
Complete details of the study has been published online in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.
What is coronavirus and where did it come from?
Coronaviruses affect the lower and upper respiratory tracts in both animals and humans. The first version that was thought to come from baths had caused the outbreak in 2002, resulting to almost 800 casualties from the disease.
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