The compounds are from natural sources, including a sea sponge plucked from B.C.\u0027s Howe Sound and marine bacteria from Barkley Sound
“This interdisciplinary research team is unravelling the important possibilities of biodiversity and natural resources and discovering nature-based solutions for global health challenges such as COVID-19,” said senior author Jean, an associate professor in the department of microbiology and immunology at the University of B.C.Article content
“The advantage of these compounds is that they are targeting the cells, rather than the virus, blocking the virus from replicating and helping the cell to recover,” said Jimena Pérez-Vargas, a research associate in UBC’s department of microbiology and immunology.“Human cells evolve more slowly than viruses, so these compounds could work against future variants and other viruses such as influenza if they use the same mechanisms.
“We’ve been collecting for 40 years all over the world, but these three just happen to be Canadian, and two are from B.C.,” said co-author Raymond Andersen, a professor in the department of chemistry.
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