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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.