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Claims that a Spanish antiviral drug can reduce the viral load of Covid-19 by 99 per cent
ÁLVARO SOTO
...refers to the amount of virus in an infected person's blood and the news was supported by the publication of an article in the journal Science. Plitidepsin works by blocking the protein eEF1A, which is found in human cells and is used by SARS-CoV-2 to ... reproduce and infect other cells. PharmaMar now wants clinical trials in humans to begin. "We believe that our data and the initial positive results from the PharmaMar clinical trial suggest that plitidepsin should be seriously considered to expand