Treatment for Coronavirus

COVID-19's silver lining? Researchers find the virus has ability to fight cancer

"It's incredible, and a big surprise, that the same infection that caused so much devastation can help create a cancer-fighting cell," said Dr. Ankit Bharat, chief of thoracic surgery and director of the Canning Thoracic Institute.

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Northwestern study links COVID-19 RNA to cancer-fighting cells

So, researchers at Northwestern started their journey to figure out why this might be happening. They discovered when someone gets badly infected with COVID, the virus can actually enter the bloodstream, shedding its RNA. That gets circulated and becomes a very common immune cell called monocytes.

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New study shows severe COVID-19 may shrink cancer cells

New research from Northwestern Medicine shows that in some cases of severe COVID, the immune response actually killed cancer cells. Researchers are trying to harness that immune power into new cancer therapies.

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Northwestern Medicine researches find way to use COVID-19 to fight cancer

Director of Northwestern’s Canning Thoracic Institute Dr. Ankit Bharat said he and other researchers found when our immune systems attack the COVID virus, the RNA molecule inside triggers our white blood cells.

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An Update on Therapeutics for COVID-19

However, new research into COVID prophylaxis and therapeutics offers some hope that novel treatments may be on the horizon.

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Severe COVID-19 may shrink cancer tumors, early data suggest

Immune cells produced during severe COVID-19 infection may shrink tumors. The unexpected mechanism offers a new therapeutic ...

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Coronavirus: Outcry after Trump suggests injecting disinfectant as treatment

False claims by politicians debunked He turned again to Dr Birx and asked if she had ever heard of using "the heat and the light" to treat coronavirus. "Not as a treatment," Dr Birx said.

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New Study Suggests Acupuncture Could Be Used to Treat Coronavirus

Harvard scientists claim acupuncture quiets inflammation 'storm' seen in sepsis and COVID-19 patients during tests on mice, ...

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Nasal swab tests predict COVID-19 disease severity, Emory study finds

New research from Emory University is providing a more precise prediction of COVID-19 severity that can be found by looking ...

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Your Nose Knows: Nasal Swab Test Predicts COVID-19 Severity

New research from Emory University reveals that nasal autoantibodies in COVID-19 patients may help predict disease severity, ...

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Consumer panel orders insurer to pay ₹1.5 lakh for rejecting COVID-19 treatment claim

A district consumer commission directed an insurance firm to pay ₹1.5 lakh in compensation to a complainant for rejecting a COVID-19 treatment claim. District Consumer Disputes Redessal Commission ...

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Nasal swab test can predict severe COVID-19 infections

COVID-19 presents a broad range of symptoms, varying in intensity from mild to severe and even life-threatening.

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Rest and Recuperation After a Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

After cancer treatment, I wanted to go right back to living my life normally, but a fellow CURE blogger’s post reminded me ...

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New nasal swab test can accurately predict COVID-19 infection severity

The test will lead to more personalized treatment plans, say American scientists. And it could be adapted to test for other ...

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InflaRx Gets EMA Nod for COVID-19 Treatment

InflaRx (IFRX) has released an update. InflaRx has received a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency’s CHMP for GOHIBIC, a ...

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