Health
Australia’s ‘holy grail’ COVID nasal spray – Chronicle
Australian scientists are developing a nasal spray that prevents COVID-19, the flu as well as the common cold – and it might also fight off HIV and the virus that causes cervical cancer.
A blockbuster nasal spray that not only stops the virus that causes COVID-19 but also prevents the common cold and influenza is being developed by Australian scientists.
Researchers behind the drug have described it as “amazing” and said it had the potential to combat not just COVID-19 but all future pandemics.
A trial published in Biorxiv today found the drug delivered a 96 per cent reduction in the amount of virus that causes COVID-19 in ferrets.
The study, which has not yet been peer revie…
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