Marsha R. Rosner

Company: University of Chicago

Job title: Professor, Ben May Dept. for Cancer Research Gordon Center for Integrative Sciences

Seminars:

Cannabidiol Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 Replication and Promotes the Host Innate Immune Response 9:00 am

CBD and its metabolites but not congeneric cannabinoids, potently block SARS-CoV-2 replication in lung epithelial cells CBD acts after cellular infection, inhibiting viral gene expression and upregulating the interferon antiviral signaling pathway A cohort of human patients previously taking CBD had significantly lower SARS-CoV-2 infection incidence of up to an order of magnitude relative to…Read more

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