“…This property has been widely exploited in the development of several therapies (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, allergic airways diseases, cystic fibrosis, pseudomyxoma peritonei, etc.) [ 20 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 ]. More recently, Acetylcysteine has been used in the development of therapies for respiratory infections such as influenza and COVID-19 [ 28 , 29 , 30 ], where the integrity of the spike protein is vital for infection [ 12 , 13 ].…”