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Compelling study shows heparin may protect against COVID-19 – News-Medical.Net
A compelling new study conducted by an international team of researchers has demonstrated that the widely used blood-thinning medication – heparin – can block infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the agent that causes …
A compelling new study conducted by an international team of researchers has demonstrated that the widely used blood-thinning medication – heparin – can block infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the agent that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Jeffrey Esko (University of California, San Diego) and colleagues showed that as well as requiring the host cell receptor angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) for viral binding and entry, SARS-CoV-2 al…
