Coronavirus China, the infettivologo German: The virus circumscribes alone News

the BEIJING - The infection caused by the new coronavirus 2019-nCoV, responsible for the epidemic of pneumonia in China, is self-limiting: after a certain period of time, when a sufficient number of people will have produced the necessary antibodies, the continuous spread of the virus can be limited, thus putting an end to the spread of the epidemic. He is so convinced of the infettivologo German Rolf Hilgenfeld of the University of Lübeck, in an interview with the China Media Group (CMG). The scholar led in China two inhibitors of coronavirus associated with SARS (SARS-CoV) and to test the effects on the 2019-nCoV.

For years, Hilgenfeld and his team of researchers have been dedicated to the search of inhibitors of SARS-CoV. These substances block the activity of proteolytic enzymes in the virus, preventing thus the maturation. In the current state, the inhibitors developed by the research group of Hilgenfeld have proved effective in the therapy of mice infected by the coronavirus associated with SARS. Studies of the infettivologo German have also produced stable results in the experiments of the cultivation of human cells infected.

scientists have discovered that the 2019-nCov is similar to 80% to the SARS-CoV, and that the similarity between the proteases of these two viruses is equal to 96%. Hilgenfeld hoped that inhibitors developed by its team of researchers may help the research and development of new drugs which are useful in eradicating the new coronavirus. In an interview with China Media Group, Hilgenfeld has revealed that the experiments on the 2019-nCov will be conducted on mice and the study also includes a series of experiments in toxicological to eliminate the various side effects that could be generated by these substances. Finally, according to Hilgenfeld, the mass production of these medicines will be possible only through a series of clinical studies.

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