DARPA Races to Create a “Firebreak” Treatment for the Coronavirus

Posted by lgats on Friday March 06, 2020 @12:40AM
from the spectrum.ieee.org dept.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/biomedical/bionics/darpas-firebreak-treatment-for-the-coronavirus

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Re:DARPA Races to Create a “Firebreak” Treatment for the Cor... by bittersourspicy on Friday March 06, 2020 @12:46AM (#22501262)

There's a recent HN article that describes how E-64d & Camostat prevent the two known pathways that lead to infection. So, that would be a prophylactic of yet unknown safety, dosage and duration, not a vaccine and not a cure.

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