While the few current available treatments out there for COVID-19 focus on preventing the coronavirus from replicating, this new treatment appears capable of actually inhibiting the replication while also protecting and repairing damaged tissues. Considering how widespread “long COVID” has become, this two-fold beneficial effect could be a major therapeutic boon in the race to end the pandemic.
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