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Interesting to see interferon on here. I remember it being hailed as some sort of wonder drug back in the 80s, but then sort of fell off the radar. https://bo
by tosser0001 7y ago
Interesting to see interferon on here. I remember it being hailed as some sort of wonder drug back in the 80s, but then sort of fell off the radar.
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=interferon https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=interferon
- chasil 7y agoCovid disables the innate immune response by preventing the expression of interferon alpha & beta. This allows it to engage in uncontrolled replication for up to two weeks before the adaptive response brings it under control. This massive viral load greatly contributes to transmission. (Or at least SARS does this.) https://cmr.asm.org/content/20/4/660.long https://cmr.asm.org/content/20/4/660.long
- hcknwscommenter 7y agoThe side effects are awful.