Slovak scientist and unsuccessful presidential candidate Robert Mistrík spoke on his facebookOn this profile, he shared with his followers very interesting information about the fight against coronavirus. Slovakian technologies, on which Mistrík and his fellow scientists have been working intensively for many years, have also played a major role in the development of a cure for this disease.
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In connection with the coronavirus pandemic, there is increasing talk about its potential cure – remdesivir. It was developed by the Californian company Gilead Sciences, which has been testing it on patients in China for quite some time. Although we will not see official results until next month, according to the information available so far, remdesivir seems to be effective in fighting coronavirus, as it was able to keep 14 critically ill patients with an average age of 75 alive, with half of them having already fully recovered and the rest expecting a full recovery (hopefully) soon. All this in just about two weeks.
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Remdesivir is a chemical substance that is broken down in the human body into substances (or broken down by the body itself) that have a healing effect on it. According to Mistrík, the research of metabolites (metabolism products - editor's note) and the determination of their chemical structure are therefore absolutely key to the creation of this drug. And it is with this research that Slovak technologies help. The company Gilead Sciences uses Slovak systems for the identification of metabolite drugs, which are crucial for the development of, for example, remdesivirs. The Slovak software that the company uses is called Mass Frontier, and according to Mistrík, it has been in development for more than 20 years. This is also why it is so complex, sophisticated and offers great possibilities to the Gilead company, which of course it appreciates.
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Therefore, if remdesivir is proven to be an effective drug in onethe coronavirus pandemic and will begin to be used worldwide for treatment, which we all undoubtedly wish, Slovakia will also have a lion's share in improving the entire situation. So, all we can do is hope that this will indeed be the case and that the world will breathe a sigh of relief in a few months and slowly begin to recover from the blow that the coronavirus has inflicted on it. Until then, there is nothing left to do but to follow strict safety rules and hope that they will at least slow down the spread of the infection.
It's a good thing that Mr. Mistrík is not the president because he would not be able to continue to devote himself to this research. But instead we have a Vogue barbie.