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60. Cassandra Quave Thinks the Way Antibiotics Are Developed Might Kill Us

People I (Mostly) Admire

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Plant Based Anti-Viral Therapy

Plants are also impacted by different viruses. So they also have defense mechanisms against viruses. And we've actually been working on covid in the lab. We're looking at how that spike and the astto receptor on cells engage in the presence of some of these different plant compounds. Two of our extracts, arae, were found to be quite potent. This has not yet been shown to work in animals or especially in humans.

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