Fact Check: 2017 Study On Resveratrol Does NOT Support Its Use For Treating Mpox; It Was Never Tested On People, Animals
Does a 2017 paper on resveratrol suggest it could be used to stop or treat monkeypox as part of the public health emergency declared in August 2024? No, that's not true: An author of the paper told Lead Stories that resveratrol was never tested on humans or animals in their research, and it's "unclear if it suppresses poxvirus replication." An…