Research by Greek scientists gives hope in the battle against COVID-19

Coronavirus Greece

Ένα βιοφαρμακευτικό προϊόν που χρησιμοποιείται για τη θεραπεία της ρευματοειδούς αρθρίτιδας υπόσχεται τη μείωση των θανάτων και νοσηλειών από COVID-19 Source: AAP Image/EPA/ACHILLEAS CHIRAS

A "weapon" that will soon be used in the battle against the new coronavirus has been create it from Greek scientist.


A Greek scientific study gives hope for the fight against COVID-19.

As the head of the research, Evangelos Yamarellos-Bourboulis, reports in our program, a biopharmaceutical product used to treat rheumatoid arthritis promises to reduce deaths and hospitalisations caused by COVID-19.

The study involving several members of the Greek scientific community on the treatment of COVID-19 disease was recently published in the medical journal Nature Medicine.


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