It's interesting that they paired a talk on ergothioneine, which is primarily thought of as an anti-oxidant (though as discussed in the video, there may be more to its MOA) with hemin, which is a potent pro-oxidant.

There was an in vitro study that suggested hemin might be useful in acute Covid, but it never went anywhere AFAIK. The paper is still interesting for background on hemin as an HO-1 inducer -
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8563742/

#hemin #HemeOxygenase #DrugRepurposing