The viral epidemic has caused havoc in China
China’s viral research institutions have come up with an idea to fight African swine flu with the drug created as a cure for tuberculosis and malaria. There are no effective medications available for swine flu currently. China has lost a huge chunk from its herd of hogs because of this epidemic. Due to this, the prices of pork skyrocketed in the local market.
When the cases of swine flu were reported last year, over 1 million pigs were slaughtered as per the data provided by the statistics department of government. UN Food and Agriculture Organisation official report states that the disease has stretched from region to region in China and the outbreak is also noticed in 50 other countries.
The new report is promising a better cure
The current development in the field of medicine has raised the hope for a cure. The result has shown that the African swine flu virus’s structure is quite similar to the microbes, which are responsible for TB and malaria. The drugs developed for Malaria and TB can be used to fight Swine Flu.
Gao Fu, Professor at the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in a new study has surfaced new information about an enzyme that protects the DNA of the virus. E165R is a protein that can prevent and correct mistakes in the copying of genetic information. The medication can be created to terminate the virus.
The team of experts was successful in separating the protein from the virus. After that, they crystallized it with a mixture of chemicals to make its structure sharper. Gao’s team has reported that the chemicals that have been designed to inhibit the two human diseases might be used pro produce anti swine flu drugs.
