Researchers identify potential new treatment for COVID-19

Oct 30, 2021

New Delhi, Oct 30 (ANI): Researchers during a recent study identified a potential new treatment that suppresses the replication of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. In order to multiply, all viruses, including coronaviruses, infect cells and reprogramme them to produce novel viruses. The study 'Targeting the pentose phosphate pathway for SARS-CoV-2 therapy' has been published by the scientific journal Metabolite. The research revealed that cells infected with SARS-CoV-2 can only produce novel coronaviruses when their metabolic pentose phosphate pathway is activated.