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hirenj ◴[] No.43642820[source]
My innate immune system is here for chewing gum and binding viral glycans, and I’m all out of specific lectins.

Looks like this works by apparently binding complex N-glycans on the viral envelope. I can’t imagine this is particularly specific, but the good news is that in the mucosa, you should see relatively few N-glycans, so I guess it will hit the right stuff?

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1. QuantumGood ◴[] No.43648463[source]
Original source of the 37-year-old "chew gum" meme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp_K8prLfso&t=1s