Respiratory Tract Bacterial Extracts Could Prevent COVID-19

artist rendering of the SARS-CoV-2 virus
Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Researchers from the UArizona College of Medicine – Tucson found that the bacterial lysate OM-85 blocked SARS-CoV-2 infection by decreasing the ability of the coronavirus to bind to the lung cell surface receptor ACE2.

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