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In mice, the treatment decreased infections caused by the Influenza A virus:
Inhaling low concentrations of ethanol vapor can disable the influenza A virus in mice, without harmful side effects, says a new study by scientists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST). The scientists believe it may also treat similar viruses such as the one that causes Covid-19.
[...] "Ethanol is an effective disinfectant for body surfaces, so we wanted to know whether ethanol could also be effective inside the body," said Dr. Miho Tamai, a scientist in Prof. Ishikawa's lab.
Using a humidifier to produce ethanol vapor in a small container, they found that when mice infected with influenza A inhale the vapor for ten minutes, the virus is inactivated. The study is published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.
Influenza A viruses accumulate in a thin fluid layer covering lung cells that protect the surface of the airway. The scientists think that the ethanol vapor must increase ethanol concentrations in the fluid to 20% to successfully treat the infection. This concentration is not toxic to lung cells the scientists created in the lab to mimic human cells. At body temperature, 20% ethanol can not only inactivate the influenza A virus outside of the cells in one minute, but also stop the virus from replicating inside these cells.
[...] Influenza A is a virus that has an outer membrane, called an envelope. "Ethanol vapor may also inactivate other enveloped viruses such as SARS-CoV-2," Prof. Ishikawa said, and so far, all viruses that have caused pandemics have been enveloped. "Once the next pandemic happens, maybe we can quickly apply the ethanol vapor inhalation therapy to prevent or cure the disease," he explained.
[...] The researchers believe that ethanol vapor inhalation treatment has great potential as a versatile and cost-effective new therapy against various respiratory infectious diseases. But Prof. Ishikawa cautioned that people should not try using ethanol as a therapy on their own. "That may lead to serious side-effects or explosion risks," he said. "The efficacy and safety of this new treatment on humans and other mammals should be carefully evaluated in the future."
Journal Reference:
Miho Tamai et al., Effect of Ethanol Vapor Inhalation Treatment on Lethal Respiratory Viral Infection With Influenza A, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023; https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiad089
(Score: 2, Troll) by maxwell demon on Tuesday June 06, @06:16PM (8 children)
Such as?
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 06, @09:29PM
Injecting bleach was right up there with the best*.
*See Darwin, Charles: Natural Selection
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 07, @01:19AM (6 children)
Ivermectin?
CuI + I2 ( result of CuSO4 + KI reaction ) ?
It's an iodine source, like Lugol's iodine. I don't know if the copper component is active in it's reaction. I do know ammonia and iodine are quite reactive to form nitrogen tri-iodide, which in small quantities, was a fun prank to place in ashtrays. Iodine will also kill off ammonia based odors by stripping the nitrogen off the smelly molecule. It may well strip off amino groups from organic molecules in much the same way, but I haven't researched much in this area.
Miracle Mineral Solution (MMS) Chlorine Dioxide ( bleach ) from NaClO2 + Citric Acid? (This stuff is used to bleach wood pulp white for making paper. Very potent and powerful stuff. It's also the active ingredient in a lot of emergency water purification tablets. This is the bleach FDA is warning about. It kills quite toxic. Useful if used properly. Otherwise, like a chainsaw, if used improperly, will maim and kill.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=miracle+mineral+solution [duckduckgo.com]
Submitted for anyone else to make what they will of these little snippets.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Reziac on Wednesday June 07, @02:55AM (4 children)
I read the paper on ivermectin vs covid that seems to be the source of the claim that it was effective. Yeah, it killed covid virus, in the petri dish (was not tested on live animals), at a concentration of about 50x the lethal dose. At that concentration, table salt (or just about anything else) would probably have worked as well, if not better.
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by anubi on Wednesday June 07, @07:13AM (3 children)
Neither "side" here can be taken at face value.
The patent medicine vendors are fervently protecting an incredibly profitable cash cow.
While the other camp is taking great offense at the legalized gouging being stoked by marketing professionals and investment groups using legal maneuvering, censorship, bribery, and fear tactics to control people.
Many people in both camps publish their beliefs based on opinion ,confirmation bias, and economic consideration, all of which make poor proxies for fact.
This leaves the rest of us to fend for ourselves in an environment of ignorance, greed, and marketing skills in lieu of truth.
Way too many of us know whenever people are censored, it's a sure sign that "there is something rotten in the state of Denmark."
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Reziac on Wednesday June 07, @07:53AM
No disagreement there. It's become a morass of conflicting nonsense with a few facts forlornly floating in the sludge.
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
(Score: 2) by cmdrklarg on Wednesday June 07, @06:48PM (1 child)
When the manufacturer of Ivermectin states that it is ineffective vs. COVID19 you can probably believe them. Can you imagine how much they would make if it actually WAS effective?
Answer now is don't give in; aim for a new tomorrow.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Reziac on Thursday June 08, @02:35AM
Since the patent ran out some years ago, there is no single manufacturer of ivermectin. Multiple generics are available and I doubt any of them said a word about it.
Also, ivermectin is cheap, a few cents per dose. (Plus or minus liability "for human use".)
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Thursday June 08, @05:46AM
Thanks for mentioning this: This way I know that there is no value looking into your other suggestions. At best, you are clueless.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.