Maine Scientist: Lobster Blood’s Anti-viral Properties Could Help With Covid-19

Click here for the latest coronavirus news, which the BDN has made free for the public. You can support this mission by purchasing a digital subscription. A scientist with a startup company in Orono that is trying to use waste from lobster processing to treat warts, shingles and herpes says that an extract from lobsters might also be suitable for treating COVID-19. Bob Bayer, the former head of the University of Maine’s Lobster Institute, says Lobster Unlimited LLC is looking for a bio-secure lab that is willing to test the lobster byproduct on the deadly virus that has shut down daily life across the nation. [Our COVID-19 tracker contains the most recent information on Maine cases by county] “It’s a potential treatment,” Bayer said. Robert F.