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Critical Coronavirus Patient in Remission Credit to Stem Cell Treatment
How can Stem Cells Help in the Fight Against Coronavirus? Stem cell treatment could be a way forward in treating the coronavirus. The issue with coronavirus is that it puts massive strain on several systems in the body, particularly the respiratory system. Your body...
Plasma Treatment For Coronavirus Being Tested In New York
As patients with COVID-19 continue pouring into emergency departments and intensive care units across the nation, an old treatment that has been adapted for a new disease is being tested in New York. In the past few days, the Mount Sinai Hospital System has injected...
France begins clinical trials of coronavirus blood plasma treatment
France is to begin clinical trials involving transfusions of blood plasma from coronavirus survivors into patients who have severe symptoms in a bid to treat the illness, the institutions involved said Saturday. Drugmakers are racing to develop a vaccine and treatment...
Hope Biosciences Receives FDA Approval to Commence First Stem Cell Clinical Trial for Protection Against COVID-19
Hope Biosciences, a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on developing cell-based therapeutics for acute and chronic disease, today announced that FDA has approved a Phase II clinical trial evaluating efficacy and safety of Hope Biosciences’ autologous,...
COVID-19 stem cell trials pile up during novel coronavirus outbreak
Could stem cells help patients with the novel coronavirus disease COVID-19?It’s hard to say at this point. Is it worth doing trials during the outbreak to find out?Three new clinical studies have popped up on Clinicaltrials.gov investigating the potential of stem...
Researchers able to test if blood plasma of coronavirus survivors can protect health care workers
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University now have federal approval to test if blood plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients can help protect the heroes on the front line of the battle against the coronavirus. The hope is that transfusions of blood plasma would boost...
FDA Supports Effort To Develop COVID-19 Treatment From Plasma Of Recovered Patients
The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday it was taking the lead on a national effort to facilitate the use of plasma from recovered patients to treat patients infected with the coronavirus.The FDA program involves the Mayo Clinic and the American Red Cross,...
Treatment of 5 Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19 With Convalescent Plasma
Could administration of convalescent plasma transfusion be beneficial in the treatment of critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)? In this uncontrolled case series of 5 critically ill patients with COVID-19 and acute respiratory distress...
City of Miami mayor becomes Florida’s first COVID-19 convalescent plasma donor
City of Miami Mayor Francis Suarez has become Florida’s first COVID-19 convalescent plasma donor, his office confirmed Friday in a news release. According to the news release, Suarez, who was released from quarantine Tuesday, has fully recovered after being diagnosed...
FDA Green-Lights Clinical Trial For COVID-19 Coronavirus Treatment That ‘Flattens The Curve’ In Patients
Therapeutics startup Celularity announced Thursday morning that it has received FDA clearance to begin a clinical trial of a proposed stem-cell treatment for COVID-19. The approval of the New Jersey-based company’s IND application enables the company to begin a...