The team of international scientists from Australia’s ‘Menzies Health Institute Queensland’ (MHIQ) at Griffith University has achieved success in the preparation of this antiviral therapy.
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Coronavirus causes the most damage to human lungs (Lungs). But now an antiviral therapy has been devised which eliminates 99.9 per cent of the Covid-19 Particles present in the lungs. This therapy is now being seen as a new weapon in fighting the corona. It has been prepared by a team from Griffith University in Australia.
The team of international scientists from Australia’s ‘Menzies Health Institute Queensland’ (MHIQ) at Griffith University has achieved success in the preparation of this antiviral therapy. This technology works as a heat-seeking missile to detect and eliminate COVID particles. Professor Nigel Macmillan, co-head researcher at MHIQ, said that this therapy would prevent the virus from reintroducing and it could also prevent corona deaths worldwide.
Eliminates virus particles through gene silencing
Professor Nigel Macmillan said, this is a mission to find and eliminate it. Through this, we can eliminate the virus that grows in someone’s lungs. This therapy works using a medical technology called gene silencing. This technology was first discovered in Australia in 1990. Gene silencing uses RNA to attack respiratory diseases. RNA is just like DNA.
This is how therapy works
Professor Macmillan said, this is a technique that works with small RNA fragments. These fragments attach to the genome of the virus. They explained that due to this association, the genome is unable to function and actually destroys the cells. However other antiviral treatments are available such as Janamivir and Remadecivir, which have reduced the symptoms of corona. Along with this, corona patients have also helped to recover soon. But this is the first treatment to stop the virus directly.
This drug is sent to the cells through an injection, which is called ‘nanoparticle’. These nanoparticles enter the lungs and fuse into RNA-giving cells. RNA seeks out the virus and destroys the genome, so the virus cannot regenerate. Scientists were working on such medicine since April last year. Let us know that till now more than 165 million people have been infected with corona.
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