The University of Indonesia’s Faculty of Medicine and the Indonesia Medical Education and Research Study Institute (IMERI) have intensively been carrying out COVID-19- associated research tasks
Jakarta – The University of Indonesia hinted on Sunday that it was all set to work with the Ministry of Agriculture’s Veterinary Research study Agency to perform animal screening and medical trials concerning the ministry’s development of eucalyptus-based COVID-19 treatment.
” The University of Indonesia’s Faculty of Medication and the Indonesia Medical Education and Research Institute (IMERI) have actually intensively been carrying out COVID-19- associated research study tasks,” Dean of UI’s Faculty of Medicine Prof.Ari Fahrial Syam said.
According to Syam, an additional research on the ministry’s eucalyptus-based COVID-19 treatment was needed to unveil the antiviral effects and effectiveness of the eucalyptus-based items for managing the unique coronavirus cases.
The research study projects focusing on the effectiveness of the eucalyptus-based products for handling the COVID-19 cases stay at the cell level, and in vitro phase. They are not yet directed specifically for the SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that activates COVID-19
Regarding the handling of COVID-19, he stated the Indonesian people, media, and government reveal a high expectation. As an outcome, research study projects that are still carried out at the cell level are then claimed to have actually produced antivirus drugs.
On the other hand, Head of the Veterinary Research Study Firm at the Ministry of Agriculture Indi Dharmayanti exposed previously that the ministry’s COVID-19- associated developments remain in the in vitro phases that demand additional research study efforts.
She clarified that the eucalyptus-based COVID-19 innovative item is, actually, not a medication because a further research study on it still goes on.
” Instead, it is an extraction resulting from distillation method to kill the virus that we have utilized at lab. After a screening process, the eucaplyptus is able to eliminate the influenza virus and even coronavirus,” she declared.
Concerning this COVID-19- related innovative item, the Ministry of Farming has actually formally gotten a patent for its innovation. It has also collaborated with PT Eagle Indo Pharma (Cap Lang) for its massive production.
The Indonesian Government has supported different parties to conduct research study and development jobs to help the country’s battle against the unique coronavirus pandemic.
The government-sponsored research and development projects prioritize 4 locations: avoidance, filtering and medical diagnosis; medical devices and supporting devices; medications and treatments; and, social liberal arts.
To this end, several leading universities in Indonesia have actually likewise joined the country’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic and made concrete contributions to efforts to conserve lives– from establishing much-needed gadgets to research study on COVID-19 treatment.
A group of researchers from the professors of medication and engineering at the University of Indonesia (UI), for example, has developed a ventilator called COVENT-20 for patients struggling with the unique coronavirus illness.
As published on UI’s main site, the Indonesian Health Ministry has stated the ventilator has actually passed human clinical trials.
The Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) has likewise developed a ventilator for COVID-19 patients, in cooperation with the Pembina Masjid Salman Foundation and Professors of Medicine, Padjadjaran University (UNPAD).
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