A new analysis discovered that a medically formulated chewing gum might help lessen the communication of SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind COVID-19.
The gum possesses a plant-grown protein which entangles the SARS-CoV-2 virus inside saliva, delaying transmission from both people to person and from cell to cell in patients. The protein is normally used by COVID to enter the cells on infecting a person. But by duplicating it, scientists have been able to imprison the virus in the mouth of a person chewing the gum.
“This gum offers a chance to neutralize the virus in the saliva, offering us a simple way to perhaps cut down on a source of disease communication, HenryDaniell, who led the study published in the journal Molecular Therapy, told uofpenn
Researchers are readying to embark on the first clinical trial and wish the gum could serve as a low-cost and easy-to-use option for fighting Covid.
