Strong evidence that prompt anti-clotting therapy may prevent deaths in hospital patients Date: February 12, 2021 Source 1: BMJ Source 2: www.sciencedaily.com Summary: Patients given preventive blood thinning drugs (prophylactic anticoagulants) within 24 hours of admission to hospital with COVID-19 are less likely to die compared with those who do not receive them, a new […]
Date: February 10, 2021 Source 1: American Society for Microbiology Source 2: www.sciencedaily.com Summary: Researchers havve discovered that six drugs previously approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for other indications could be repurposed to treat or prevent COVID-19. A team of investigators from the Republic of China has discovered that 6 drugs
Date: May 7, 2020 Source 1: University of Cambridge Source 2: www.sciencedaily.com Summary: Repurposing existing medicines focused on known drug targets is likely to offer a more rapid hope of tackling COVID-19 than developing and manufacturing a vaccine, argue an international team of scientists. Repurposing existing medicines focused on known drug targets is likely to
