Biosurfactants: A Covid-19 Perspective

It is a strange topic because cellular life is entirely about lipid bi-membranes and associated control of wet and dry nano-environments. For instance put the right proteins into a membrane and you can store energy in a proton gradient and convert it to A.T.P -- that's a mitochondrion.

Particularly in places like the nose, lungs, intestines and such, whatever thin layer of material is on the surface of your body is involved in innate immunity, inflammation, gas exchange, and other functions.

It is funny though that surfactants in the form of soap are a powerful guard against infectious disease simply by breaking dangerous organisms loose from their biofilms and washing them down the drain.