![]() ![]() ![]() Esper, who is also Associate Professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.ĭr. "The glycerine and xanthan gum prevent the germs from entering a person's system and the CPC kills the germs once they're trapped there," explains Dr. ![]() To test this, clinical strains of 2009 pandemic H1N1 were used as a prototype virus to demonstrate Halo's anti-infective activity in cell culture assays. Esper and a team of researchers used glycerine and xanthan gum as a microbial barrier combined with cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) as a broad-spectrum anti-infective agent to fight respiratory illnesses. ![]() Halo is unique in that it offers protection from airborne germs such as influenza and rhinovirus."ĭr. "Yet there has been limited progress in the prevention of respiratory virus infections. "Respiratory tract disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world," says Frank Esper, MD, infectious disease expert at UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital and lead author of one of the studies. ![]()
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