Common antibiotic may be helpful in fighting respiratory viral infections

Image caption: Intranasal application of neomycin induces an upper respiratory ISG response independent of commensal microbiota. Image credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) (2024). Article by Jim Shelton, Yale University. Medical Xpress – April 22, 2024. Research article: PNAS.

A new, Yale-led study suggests that a range of respiratory viral infections—including COVID-19 and influenza—may be preventable or treatable with a generic antibiotic that is delivered to the nasal passageway. A team led by Yale’s Akiko Iwasaki and former Yale researcher Charles Dela Cruz successfully tested […]

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