Can Chewing Gum,

really reduce the chances of catching SARS-CoV-2 Virus?

photograph Fusion Medical Animation, although it has not yet undergone clinical trials, but these are already planned, this gum might help defeat the virus, so how does the gum work and how effective is the gum? the experimental gum contains copies of the ACE2 protein found on cell surfaces, which the coronavirus uses to break into cells and infect them. In test tube experiments, researchers found that virus particles of the Delta or Omicron variants attached themselves to the ACE2 “receptors” in the chewing gum, causing the viral load in the saliva to fall to undetectable levels, in a recent paper published in the Biomaterials Journal, research leader Dr. Henry Daniell said, “Because nasal transmission is negligible when compared to oral transmission… chewing ACE2 gum and swallowing ACE2 protein should minimize infection, protect COVID-19 patients and prevent transmission,” This “viral trap”, as researchers refer to the experimental chewing gum, contains ACE2 proteins carried with engineered lettuce cells, but a second type made with bean powder is apparently capable of trapping influenza strains, coronaviruses that cause the common cold and other oral viruses, the trial planned will see COVID-19 patients scheduled to each chew four ACE2 gum tablets each day for four days, if it is successful I just hope it does not pull all of my fillings out when I chew it!