sryii t1_ja8ipcl wrote on February 27, 2023 at 5:10 PM

Reply to comment by ZootOfCastleAnthrax in TIL about Demodex, or eyelash mites. They are too small to see with the naked eye, and feed off of the dead skin cells of humans. Almost every adult human alive has an eyelash mite population living on their face. by lonewolf9378

Ivermectin can inhibit some functions of integrins which are needed to bring viral sequences into the nucleus. We actually knew it could inhibit other viruses from infecting cells prior to COVID-19. So we gave it a shot and while it CAN do it in cell culture it doesn't work in a full organism, at least not in a safe dose.

sryii t1_ja8h95k wrote on February 27, 2023 at 5:01 PM

Reply to comment by runningmurphy in TIL about Demodex, or eyelash mites. They are too small to see with the naked eye, and feed off of the dead skin cells of humans. Almost every adult human alive has an eyelash mite population living on their face. by lonewolf9378

Why would you want to? I hate to break it to you but there are MANY creatures actively living in you and on you right now. It is just a part of being a large organism on planet Earth.