As the epidemic intensifies, the confirmed cases in Taiwan are rising continually. In addition to vaccination, preventing the infection of COVID-19 in daily life is also a major point. A research team from the National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University cooperated by Tung-Yi Lin, who has served as an Associate Professor of the Institute of Traditional Medicine, and Assistant Professor Ming-Han Tsai from the Institute of Microbiology and Immunology showed that the Ganoderma Microsporum immunomodulatory protein “GMI” could induce the degradation of ACE2 in the host cells and alleviate the infection of SARS-CoV-2 pseudovirus. This finding has been published in “Phytomedicine”, a reputable international journal in the field of Complementary and Alternative Medicine。

參考資料：

1. Important research of National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University: Ganoderma Microsporum immunomodulatory protein, GMI, exhibits the biological function for preventing COVID-19

2. 陽明交大重要研究成果：小孢子靈芝蛋白-GMI也有預防COVID-19的功用

3. GMI, a protein from Ganoderma microsporum, induces ACE2 degradation to alleviate infection of SARS-CoV-2 Spike-pseudotyped virus