{"id":44253,"date":"2020-07-23T23:00:38","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T03:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=44253"},"modified":"2023-06-06T17:57:26","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T21:57:26","slug":"boucher-comments-on-the-quest-for-a-covid-19-cure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/boucher-comments-on-the-quest-for-a-covid-19-cure\/","title":{"rendered":"Boucher Comments On the Quest For a COVID-19 Cure"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_41374\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 274px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-41374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/04\/Richard-Boucher-2020-e1595522479743-264x300.jpg\" alt=\"Richard Boucher\" width=\"264\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/04\/Richard-Boucher-2020-e1595522479743-264x300.jpg 264w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/04\/Richard-Boucher-2020-e1595522479743-301x342.jpg 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/04\/Richard-Boucher-2020-e1595522479743.jpg 335w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"discreet\">Richard Boucher, MD<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/boucher\/\"><strong>Richard Boucher<\/strong><\/a>, MD, the James C. Moeser Eminent Professor of Medicine, in the division of pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine, and director of the Marsico Lung Institute, explained to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gulftoday.ae\/opinion\/2020\/07\/20\/scientists-walk-a-thin-line-in-quest-for-cure\">Gulf Today<\/a> <\/strong>why he believes some repurposed drugs currently under consideration to treat COVID-19 patients could work.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The lung only fails in so many different ways, and it doesn&#8217;t matter if it&#8217;s SARS CoV-2, or ifluenza, or metapneumovirus,&#8221; said Boucher. &#8220;It&#8217;s going to be therapies that are going to be useful, but are going to be incremental.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gulftoday.ae\/opinion\/2020\/07\/20\/scientists-walk-a-thin-line-in-quest-for-cure\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Boucher, MD, the James C. 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