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Taiwanese research team discovers possible coronavirus inhibitor
04/26/2021 10:27 PM
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Taipei, April 26 (CNA) A research team from Taiwan s National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) said it has confirmed that that a protein that protects the lungs against pathogens called human surfactant protein D (SP-D) has the potential to thwart the COVID-19 virus.
The discovery, made by the team led by NCKU Professor Wang Jiu-Yao (王志堯), was published by Frontier in Immunology, a peer-reviewed scientific journal, on April 20, 2021.
A statement from NCKU cited the research team as saying that human SP-D is a molecule whose presence on mucosal surfaces of the lungs plays an immune surveillance role against pulmonary pathogens.