| | | Chatting with a 19 year old who works at the gym , he was on his phone ignoring whatever, and I said
at your age in this job it was boring with nothing to do. He said well you watched tv. I said yes at home.
He thought we were all walking around with tv sized iphones in our pockets. My ab workout was laughing .
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One of the most promising potential treatments uncovered by the computer modeling is Vitamin D3, Kouznetsova said.
A team led by researchers at Harvard University recently announced a nationwide study on Vitamin D as a treatment for COVID-19, which is currently enrolling patients.
Tsigelny and Kouznetsova have used this computer-aided search mechanism before to find a promising treatment for Parkinson’s that is currently in clinical trials.
They say on a normal desktop computer, each simulation would take weeks. But on the Comet supercomputer at UC San Diego, a scan takes about two days, allowing researchers to fine-tune the process.
Although many of the potential drugs identified by the computer simulations require a prescription, several are available over-the-counter. In addition to Vitamin D3, the simulations found Vitamin E acetate and Vitamin E succinate might also inhibit the virus’ papain-like protease.
A mineral supplement called calcium glubionate, a compound found in citrus fruits called hesperidin, and a plant pigment found in apples called rutin may help block the virus’ main protease, the first study found.
An upcoming study that has yet to be published looked for compounds that attack the virus a different way, blocking its spike protein from unlocking the molecular gateway into our cells called ACE2. That unpublished study found potential in curcumin, lutein, linoleic acid, and Vitamin B2, Tsigelny said.
None of the compounds mentioned above are authorized by the FDA to treat COVID-19. Individuals should consult a doctor before experimenting with vitamins, minerals and other compounds, Tsigelny cautioned.
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