ReviewEnvironmental chemistry letters2021
Smarter cures to combat COVID-19 and future pathogens: a review.
Review in Environmental chemistry letters, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.
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17 citing papers in PubMed.
- The spread of the omicron variant: Identification of knowledge gaps, virus diffusion modelling, and future research needs.Environmental research · 2023Article
- COVID-19: Reducing the risk via diet and lifestyle.Journal of integrative medicine · 2023Review
- Spike in pollution to ignite the bursting of COVID-19 second wave is more dangerous than spike of SAR-CoV-2 under environmental ignorance in long term: a review.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2022Review
- Complementary and Alternative Medicines Used by Middle-Aged to Older Taiwanese Adults to Cope with Stress during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Survey.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Are Nutraceuticals Effective in COVID-19 and Post-COVID Prevention and Treatment?Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Forest Bathing Is Better than Walking in Urban Park: Comparison of Cardiac and Vascular Function between Urban and Forest Parks.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Observational
- Evidences and perspectives of the use of probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics, and postbiotics as adjuvants for prevention and treatment of COVID-19: A bibliometric analysis and systematic review.Trends in food science & technology · 2022Review
- Old growth forests and large old trees as critical organisms connecting ecosystems and human health. A review.Environmental chemistry letters · 2022Review
- Less COVID-19 deaths in southern and insular Italy explained by forest bathing, Mediterranean environment, and antiviral plant volatile organic compounds.Environmental chemistry letters · 2022Article
- Can imported cold food cause COVID-19 recurrent outbreaks? A review.Environmental chemistry letters · 2022Review
- The viral phoenix: enhanced infectivity and immunity evasion of SARS-CoV-2 variants.Environmental chemistry letters · 2022Article
- Forest-bathing and physical activity as weapons against COVID-19: a review.Environmental chemistry letters · 2022Review
- River therapy.Environmental chemistry letters · 2022Article
- Environmental factors influencing the transmission of the coronavirus 2019: a review.Environmental chemistry letters · 2022Review
- Will the COVID-19 pandemic end with the Delta and Omicron variants?Environmental chemistry letters · 2022Article
- Have artificial lighting and noise pollution caused zoonosis and the COVID-19 pandemic? A review.Environmental chemistry letters · 2021Review
- Nanozymes to fight the COVID-19 and future pandemics.Environmental chemistry letters · 2021Article
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Abstract
Prevention is better than cure. A milestone of the anthropocene is the emergence of a series of epidemics and pandemics often characterized by the transmission of a pathogen from animals to human in the past two decades. In particular, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has made a profound impact on emergency responding and policy-making in a public health crisis. Classical solutions for controlling the virus, such as travel restrictions, lockdowns, repurposed drugs and vaccines, are socially unpopular and medically limited by the fast mutation and adaptation of the virus. This is exacerbated by microbial resistance to therapeutic drugs and the slowness of vaccine development. In other words, microbial pathogens are somehow 'smarter' and faster than us, thus calling for more intelligent cures to combat future pandemics. Here, we compare therapeutics for COVID-19 such as synthetic drugs, vaccines, antibodies and phages. We present the strength and limitations of antibiotic and antiviral drugs, vaccines, and antibody-based therapeutics. We describe smarter, cheaper and preventive cures such as bacteriophages, food medicine using probiotics and prebiotics, sports, healthy diet, music, yoga, Tai Chi, dance, reading, knitting, cooking and outdoor activities. Some of these preventive cures have been intuitively developed since thousands of years ago, as illustrated by the fascinating similarity of the Chinese characters for 'music' and 'herbal medicine.'
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