Scientists around the world are searching greatly for an effective ingredient that can help fight the Corona pandemic, and according to the German website concerned with health issues, “Heil Praxis Net,” a German research team has come up with a new active substance that can protect cells from infection with the Covid virus.
And researchers from the “Reinsche Friedrich Wilhelm” University in Bonn and the research center “Cesar” isolated a molecule that could open new ways to combat the Corona virus. The specifications of the new active ingredient are identical to the spiky protein in the Coronavirus, which binds to cells in order to infect them.
In the laboratory, the researchers found that the new active ingredient is able to prevent the virus from penetrating into cells, and the results were presented in the scientific journal “Angevanter Schemi”, as stated on the “Innovation Origins” website.
The team of scientists stated that the new active ingredient called “Aptamer” is one of the short chains of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), mainly made of chromosomes, and this DNA strain possesses the property of binding to other molecules.
The scientific team did not use corona viruses, but the so-called pseudoviruses are equipped with the siliceous protein, but they do not cause any diseases. “We now have to see if our results are also effective when using real viruses,” said Professor Michael Famuluk of the Limes Institute, who is also working in partnership with the Research Center “Cesar” in Bonn.
If these results are confirmed in the medium term, for example, a type of nasal spray can be provided that can protect against infection with corona. But until then, more studies are required that will certainly take months, and the world will only have to speed up vaccination to curb the deadly virus.
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Different nationalities … Learn about the most famous vaccines licensed throughout the world
Biontech / Pfizer Vaccine
It was developed jointly by German Biontech with American Pfizer. Its effectiveness according to the latest clinical trials is 95%. It is the first vaccine against corona licensed by the World Health Organization. It is based on mRNA technology, which is the most widespread vaccine in the Western world, but it has received criticism for its difficulty in storing, as it needs minus 70 degrees Celsius to maintain its effectiveness.
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Moderna
The second vaccine licensed by the European Union after Biontec / Pfizer. Developed by the American company Moderna in cooperation with the US National Institutes of Health for Infectious Diseases. Its effectiveness has reached 95 percent. It adopts almost the same technology (mRNA), but its storage conditions are less stringent and needs 20 degrees below zero. Despite this, the quantities of its distribution in the world remained less than the first vaccine, which may explain its price, which amounts to $ 33 per dose, in contrast to the second vaccine of $ 20.
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Sputnik V
It is the first vaccine in the world whose developers announce its effectiveness against Corona, although it had not yet passed the third stage. It was developed by the Russian State Aesthetics Institute, and its effectiveness reaches 92 percent according to Russian figures, but with Western scientific hesitation due to the lack of published data about it. Several countries imported it, including Hungary, Algeria, Serbia and the UAE. It is easily transportable and cheap ($ 10) and uses vector technology for adenoviruses.
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AstraZeneca / Oxford
The second vaccine licensed by the World Health Organization and the third for the European Union. The cheapest vaccine, but it is also the least effective (70 percent), and many countries questioned its effectiveness with regard to the elderly as well as against the mutated versions. Developed by the British-Swedish company AstraZenka in cooperation with the University of Oxford. It has been imported by several countries after the contribution of the serum institute of India to its production. It is easy to transport and store and it also uses glandular carrier technology.
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Sinopharm
It was developed by the Chinese state-owned Sinopharm Corporation with the Beijing Institute of Bio-Products. The UAE offered it first before China licensed it, then several countries imported it, including Morocco, Jordan and Egypt. According to its manufacturers, its effectiveness rate has reached 79%, but scientific data are not published as required. It uses the technique of injecting the inactivated virus, and the biggest mystery surrounding it is its price, as several reports stated that the dose is not less than $ 30, while others mentioned a lower or higher price.
Different nationalities … Learn about the most famous vaccines licensed throughout the world
Koronavac
It was produced by the Chinese company Sinovac, but the licensing in China took longer. Its effectiveness rate is controversial, as tests in Brazil showed that it did not exceed 51 percent, but other tests in Turkey, which were among the first to license it, raised the effectiveness to 91 percent. It uses the same technology as the Sinopharm vaccine, and many questions hover around it due to the lack of data, especially its price, which no data were received on, even if reports estimated it at ten dollars.
Different nationalities … Learn about the most famous vaccines licensed throughout the world
Johnson & Johnson
It was developed by the American company “Johnson & Johnson”, and South Africa began using it despite not being licensed in the United States or Europe, after it was discovered that it is able to confront the mutated version, contrary to what first experiences have shown. Its effectiveness rate reaches 66% globally and 72% in America. It has the advantage of having one dose, which strengthens its chances of spreading even more. It uses adenovirus vector technology and is easy to store.
