Treatment from banana protein works against all known COVID variants, study shows

[multigraincracker]

https://news.yahoo.com/treatment-from-banana-protein-works-on-all-covid-variants-141127520.html

A revolutionary new treatment derived from banana protein offers hope for a new medicine which works against all coronavirus variants.

The chemical - H84T-BanLec - is isolated from banana fruit and works against all coronavirus variants and all flu variants.

It was initially designed before the pandemic to target flu, with the researchers hoping to move on to target coronaviruses but - ironically - COVID lockdowns put a stop to the research.

The researchers then discovered that the treatment, which has only been tested on animals to date, works on COVID-19.



May work for all flues and might even be a break thru for some cancers.

[Orrex]

1. Now that's a treatment with appeal.

[Shermann]

2. I see what you did there!

[relayerbob]

3. ROFL!! Good one.

Almost slipped by me. :-D

[sdfernando]

4. perhaps it will work on Monkey Pox as well??? /nt

[Gore1FL]

8. I bet you got a bunch of puns like that. nt

[SheltieLover]

5. Ty, scientists!

[bucolic_frolic]

6. I hope it works for chimneys too /nt

[druidity33]

7. But wait! There's more!...

https://brightly.eco/blog/are-our-beloved-bananas-really-on-the-brink-of-extinction

https://whatbanana.com/are-bananas-going-to-go-extinct/

[Duppers]

12. OH NO, they cannot go EXTINCT!!

🍌

Love them so much that I have one almost every day.

[Nictuku]

14. Thank you for those articles!

I've been wondering where this issue stands.

It sounds like a greater variety of bananas sold in grocery stores would be a good thing. I'll put my order in for Hawaii's "apple bananas" right now, they taste sooooooo much better than the regular grocery store types.

[The Magistrate]

9. Musical Accompaniment Available

[Walleye]

10. Maybe we can finally cure the common cold

[johnnyfins]

11. Yeah. But does it work as good as Bleach? :/

[FailureToCommunicate]

13. We tried this, back in the day...I think...

[Wicked Blue]

15. Smoking dried banana peels

Never tried it, heard it didn't work.

[CaptainTruth]

16. Awesome! Our banana trees just gave us 100+ bananas.

Two bunches, more than 50 each. When they ripen on the tree they're so delicious & sweet, much better than any I've had from a store. The only problem is the whole bunch ripens within a few days so you have a lot to use all at once. I freeze a lot of them & use them to make banana/vanilla protein shakes.