Kuwaiti virologist claims to have discovered treatment for COVID-19

Dubai: A young Kuwaiti virologist and doctoral researcher at the University of Leeds in the UK has claimed to have found a way to treat COVID-19 infections, Al Qabas daily reported.

According to the paper, Ibrahim Al Masoud is considered one of the few Kuwaitis who are working on research related to COVID-19 virus and his last year’s study coincided with COVID-19.

In an interview, Al Masoud said he is working with his supervisor on a doctoral programme concerning the treatment for the COVID-19 virus by preventing it from moving and hiding in the body’s cells so that it is exposed to the immune system in preparation for fighting it.

Al Masoud stressed they have reached preliminary results and the treatment is expected to see the light of day within two months.

He claimed that the drug he is working on will make the virus unable to hide in the cells, exposing it to the immune system, which will resist it. Deadly viruses escape from the immune system into the cells. If they appear on the cell membrane or in the blood, the white blood cells will be able to attack, eliminate and expose them to the immune system to resist. This is what happens with flu and similar viruses - the body treats itself.

Al Masoud stated his experiments are now being conducted to prevent the attachment of the virus envelope with any part of a cell, adding that if this link is prevented, the virus will be visible on the cell membrane, and not inside, which makes the immune system able to fight it, just like other viruses.