A cohort of cancer patients with no reported cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection: the possible preventive role of Methylene Blue
subject: COVID-19, cancer, methylene blue, metabolic treatment
description: We report the case of a cohort of 2500 French patients treated among others with methylene blue for cancer care. During the COVID-19 epidemics none of them developed influenza-like illness. Albeit this lack of infection might be by chance alone, it is possible that methylene blue might have a preventive effect for COVID-19 infection. This is in line with the antiviral activity of Chloroquine, a Methylene blue derivative. Both Chloroquine and Methylene blue have strong antiviral and anti- inflammatory properties probably linked to the change in intracellular pH and redox state.
creator: Marc Henry, Mireille Summa, Louis Patrick, Laurent Schwartz
source: Substantia
publisher: Firenze University Press
date: 2020
language: EN
identifier: DOI: 10.13128/Substantia-888
coverage: Chemistry, History (General) and history of Europe