Addiction can be resistant to the flu

Scientists in Taiwan discovered methamphetamine - one of the widely used addictive substances that have anti-flu properties, according to Daily Mail .

As an addictive substance, methamphetamine can break cerebral blood vessels, stroke, heart failure and death.

But scientists at the National Institutes of Health Research, Taiwan National University and Chang Gung University (Taiwan) found the anti-flu properties of this substance.

Can treat influenza A with methamphetamine

Scientists study epithelial cells in human lungs. These are cells located on the surface of the lungs.

Cells are exposed to various doses of methamphetamine before "fighting" with influenza A. This bacterium can cause respiratory disease and can spread into epidemics.

After 30 to 48 hours, they found that cells exposed to methamphetamine had fewer influenza A viruses surviving than normal epithelial cells in the human lungs.

The higher the dose of methamphetamine, the fewer flu viruses survive.

According to researcher Yun-Hsiang Chen, who led the study, the results show that it is possible to exploit the flu-fighting properties of methamphetamine to find ways to cure influenza A in the future.

The study is published in the journal PLoS One.