An antiviral chewing gum to reduce influenza and herpes simplex virus transmission | Penn Today
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Researchers at Penn Dental Medicine and collaborators have used a clinical-grade antiviral chewing gum to substantially reduce viral loads of two herpes simplex viruses and two influenza A strains in experimental models.
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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/nohup_me on 2025-04-05 18:15:25+00:00.

Original Title: Researchers created a chewing gum made from lablab beans —that naturally contain an antiviral trap protein (FRIL)—to neutralize two herpes simplex viruses (HSV-1 and HSV-2) and two influenza A strains (H1N1 and H3N2)