Dr. Nguyen spent three years as a biochemist working on human Apolipoproteins, siRNA, and drug delivery. That’s why he can read peer review journal articles and actually understand them. Today’s article is Discovering drugs to treat coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
For those of you not familiar with siRNA, I highly recommend you research it. It is an elegant solution developed by nature probably tens of thousands of years ago and only discovered and described by humans in the last 20 years. The natural world is teeming with viruses. The overwhelming number of viruses attack bacteria, fungi, and plants. Many bacteria, fungi, and plants have developed a defense mechanism against viral mRNA in the form of siRNA and their associated peptides. In the coming years, expect researchers to develop treatment modalities that involve injecting siRNA into cells to cut up viral mRNA as they try to invade the body.
We hope everyone is safe and we hope to be able to get back to work soon.