According to a recent report, a hormone produced by a tiny organ in the human brain holds out hope of finding an answer to Covid-19.
- Melatonin, a hormone secreted by the pineal gland in response to darkness, has cropped up as a candidate that could give succour to Covid-19 patients.
- It is the driving force for a team of researchers from India and France who are working on developing a novel molecule that could potentially emerge as a preventive against all variants of the Covid-19 virus (Sars-CoV-2), and thus prevent cases of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) that is detrimental to the lungs.
- Melatonin has applications as an anti-viral and also has use in anti-cancer therapies.
- Covid-19 is a complex disease with short-term as well as long-term respiratory, inflammatory and neurological symptoms that are triggered by the infection by Sars-CoV-2 virus.
