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Researchers Cassandra Quave (00C) and Caitlin Risener (24G) were able to not only discover the wonders of nature, but also harness them to tackle one of the biggest challenges facing the planet: COVID-19 and its emerging variants.

In the first major screening of botanical extracts to search for potency against the virus that causes COVID-19, Emory researchers found two common wild plants that inhibit the virus’ ability to infect living cells.

Extracts from the flowers of two common wild plants block the virus that causes COVID from entering human cells.

Extracts from two plant species can block virus: Experts

Extracts from two common wild plants decrease the capacity of the virus that causes Covid-19 to infect live cells, suggests an Emory University study.

Two plants that can be found throughout North American wilderness contain ingredients that can block COVID-19 virus from entering human cells, a study says.

Two common wild plants contain extracts that inhibit the ability of the virus that causes Covid-19 to infect living cells, a US study has discovered.In laboratory dish tests, extracts from the flowers of tall goldenrod (Solidago altissima) and ...

In laboratory dish tests, extracts from the flowers of tall goldenrod (Solidago altissima) and the rhizomes of the eagle fern (Pteridium aquilinum) each blocked SARS-CoV-2 from entering human cells.The

An Emory University study discovered that extracts from two common wild plants decrease the capacity of the virus that causes Covid-19 to infect live cells