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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 35 points 4 months ago (1 child)

The vast majority of viruses are RNA-based so it appears that we have a pretty much universal cure here.

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[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 27 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Ivermectin works primarily by paralyzing and killing parasites, such as worms and mites, by binding to specific glutamate-gated chloride channels in their nerve and muscle cells.

Nothing to do with RNA viruses.

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[–] Tottakai@europe.pub 6 points 4 months ago

I think it was the irony

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[–] turtles_all_the_way@lemmy.today 4 points 4 months ago

From what I understand, this 2012 study reports that Ivermectin inhibits transport proteins between cytoplasm and the nucleus which atleast some viruses require. I wonder if the glutamate-gated chlorine channels have a similar mechanism that allows Ivermectin to work in both cases. https://doi.org/10.1042/BJ20120150

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[–] thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 months ago

i think they were joking

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