Has the human biological interaction with <scp>SARS</scp>‐<scp>CoV2</scp> variants entered a pliant “Faustian bargain”?-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Has the human biological interaction with SARS‐CoV2 variants entered a pliant “Faustian bargain”?

Published:2024-07-09 Issue:4 Volume:12 Page:
ISSN:2052-1707
Container-title:Pharmacology Research & Perspectives
language:en
Short-container-title:Pharmacology Res & Perspec

Author:

Head Richard J.¹^ORCID,Popovic Marko²^ORCID,Martin Jennifer H.³^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Drug Discovery and Development, Clinical and Health Sciences University of South Australia Adelaide South Australia Australia

2. Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy University of Belgrade Belgrade Serbia

3. Centre for Drug Repurposing and Medicines Research University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute Newcastle New South Wales Australia

Abstract

AbstractWe hypothesize that a “Faustian bargain”—the trading of increased SARS—CoV2 viral infection with a concurrent potential for prevention of life‐threatening lower lung infection explains the previous and future morbidity and mortality from COVID‐19. Further, this trade‐off is made feasible by fundamental principles of thermodynamics and receptor affinity.

Publisher

Wiley

Link

https://bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/prp2.1244

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