RE: Mario Castro and the American lung association28 Mar 2022 19:13
"We have demonstrated that a critical role of type I interferon is protecting patients from a severe disease, hospitalization, and death. Given a well-established protective role of type I interferons against a broad range of viral infections, this study suggests that type I interferons can serve as an important therapeutic agent where virus-specific pharmacological approaches are not available. This can provide an essential therapeutic application for novel emerging viruses that are not well-characterized, and the development of target therapies can take years to come."