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A study lead by an associate professor for OSU’s Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences found a new means of treating COVID-19.<\/p>\n

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PORTLAND, Ore. \u2014 Building on years of research prior to the pandemic,<\/a> medicine and technology advanced under the pressures of COVID-19. Now, new research from Oregon State University could be a “universal” means of treating the virus<\/a> \u2014 while also aiding in the fight against other illnesses.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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“This is a transformative time,” said Gaurav Sahay, an associate professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at OSU. “As much as COVID has been a terrible time, what is his lead to are these new technologies.” <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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“We were in a Renaissance period. I’ve been working with these technologies since 2014, but now we are in an Industrial Revolution because billions can be made.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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According to OSU, Sahay and collaborators at OSU and the Texas Biomedical Research Institute demonstrated in a mouse model that it\u2019s possible to prompt the production of a protein that can block multiple variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus from entering cells and causing respiratory disease.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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His team’s work is twofold. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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First, they’ve found a way to block multiple COVID variants. It works by introducing so-called “decoy” enzymes to the body which bind to the coronavirus spike proteins and  prevent the virus from latching onto healthy cells in the lungs.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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 Second, they’ve transformed the way they’re delivering this nanotechnology. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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“The way to deliver this mRNA technology is to encapsulate them in a packaging carrier called a lipid nanoparticle. Usually they are given intramuscularly… but these can be aerosolized so you can take them through nasal administration or nebulization,” Sahay explained.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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These findings were published in Advanced Science<\/a>. Sahay said, we could be a ways away from the treatment being available to human patients, although the results from animal models are promising. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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“Based on the animal models, we have seen that this proteins starts to form after an injection in about two hours. It’s pretty rapid,” Sahay said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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