Phase 3 trial of supplement proposed, new diagnostic tool to be validated.Peer-Reviewed Publication UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA University of Alberta researchers have identified an amino acid that may play a key role in predicting poor clinical outcomes and the treatment of long COVID. In research published today in Cell Reports Medicine, the team says it has...
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New COVID treatment found in old liver drug derived from bear bile
By Rich Haridy December 06, 2022 The SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (in red) enters human cells via a receptor called ACE2 (in blue). A study discovered a pre-existing drug can reduce the volume of ACE2 receptors on our cells, hypothetically reducing opportunities for viral infection. Depositphotos An impressive new study published in Nature is pointing to a new...
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FDA cuts off use of GSK’s Covid treatment in almost half of the US as BA.2 spreads
Zachary Brennan Senior Editor With the rise of the Omicron sister variant BA.2, GlaxoSmithKline and Vir Biotechnology’s crucial monoclonal antibody — one of only two mAbs still being shipped by the US government to states to treat Covid-19 — has finally met its match, and almost half of all US states have now lost access...
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AstraZeneca hails trial results for COVID treatment
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Drug firm AstraZeneca on Friday announced positive results from a trial of a treatment for COVID-19 symptoms. The drug, made from a combination of two antibodies, was initially developed as a treatment for those who had already been exposed to the disease. A new trial of 5,197 participants who had not been...
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AstraZeneca hails trial results for COVID treatment
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Drug firm AstraZeneca on Friday announced positive results from a trial of a treatment for COVID-19 symptoms. The drug, made from a combination of two antibodies, was initially developed as a treatment for those who had already been exposed to the disease. A new trial of 5,197 participants who had not been...
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Search for a Snakebite Drug Might Lead to a COVID Treatment, Too
By Jim Robbins, NOVEMBER 9, 2020 This story also ran on Los Angeles Times. Dr. Matthew Lewin, founder of the Center for Exploration and Travel Health at the California Academy of Sciences, was researching snakebite treatments in rural locations in preparation for an expedition to the Philippines in 2011. The story of a renowned herpetologist...
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Latin America’s embrace of an unproven COVID treatment is hindering drug trials
Unchecked ivermectin use in the region is making it difficult to test the anti-parasite drug’s effectiveness against the coronavirus. Emiliano Rodríguez Mega Peru (a hospital in Iquitos shown here) has been one of the nations hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic. As much of the world waits for an effective vaccine to curb the COVID-19...