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Raewyn McPhillips, Quantec s chief executive, says new research commissioned by the company and conducted by an independent US laboratory has found IDP is effective at protecting cells against COVID-19.
It may also reduce the severity of symptoms from the virus, which could help sufferers of Long COVID , who face ongoing symptoms even after getting over the virus. We already knew IDP offered effective barrier protection and support for the immune system, so with COVID-19 running rampant throughout the world we wanted to investigate how IDP may be able to contribute to addressing immune health concerns, said McPhillips.
She said when the company initially got the ingredient tested it focused on how well it could protect against influenza rather than against the novel coronavirus because we thought by the time we got the research done COVID-19 would be well-managed .