CAR-T cell immunotherapy for COVID-19 treatment
"Immunotherapy utilising own immune cells might also be useful in treating other difficult diseases, such as HIV, HBV, beside cancers"...
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Scientists hunt for antibodies key in fight against coronaviruses
"Virtually all of the ways to fight COVID-19 hinge on finding antibodies. These little molecules can latch onto viruses and...
Dietary supplements an important weapon for fighting off COVID-19
"Supplements containing vitamins C and D and other micronutrients are a safe, effective and low-cost means of helping your immune...
Stanford researchers developing rapid field test for COVID-19
"Stanford engineers are developing a portable field testing device based on microfluidics that health care workers could use to quickly...
MIT team races to fill Covid-19-related ventilator shortage
"An ad hoc team of engineers and doctors has developed a low-cost, open-source alternative, now ready for rapid production." Source:...
Can good viruses kill the bad ones, like COVID-19??
Source: Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut for Molecular Pharmacology (FMP) Press Release "Phage shell docks on and inhibits the influenza virus (visualization Barth van...
Drug Originally Meant for Ebola is Effective Against a Key Enzyme of Coronavirus That Causes COVID-19
"Remdesivir already in human trials in search for the treatment of deadly disease" Source: GILLIAN RUTHERFORD | University of Alberta...
Peptide therapies could disable coronavirus’ spike proteins
Researchers are developing new peptide-based therapeutics for targeting and disabling the coronavirus’ so-called “spike proteins.” Source: Northwestern University News Spike...
Test for antibodies against novel coronavirus developed at Stanford Medicine
The new test screens for antibodies to the virus in plasma, the liquid in blood, to provide information about a...
Trial drug can significantly block early stages of COVID-19 in engineered human tissues
Source: Thandi Fletcher| University of British Columbia ‘There is hope for this horrible pandemic,’ says UBC scientist Dr. Josef Penninger...
Carolina researchers playing a key role in the development of new COVID-19 treatment
The new antiviral drug heading into clinical trials offers hope for COVID-19 treatment — in part because it can be...
Antibodies from COVID-19 Survivors Could be Used to Treat Patients, Protect Those at Risk
Infusions of antibody-laden blood have been used with reported success in prior outbreaks, including the SARS epidemic and the 1918...