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    Patent targets viruses with a breakthrough from linseed oil

    2026-05-21T15:49:00Z

    A common vegetable oil may hold the key to fighting some of the world’s most dangerous viruses. Scientists have patented a linseed oil polyol-derived compound shown to inhibit viral infections including HIV and SARS-CoV-2 as well as bacterial infections causing strep and staph.