Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are investigating whether a drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat rare diseases of an overactive immune system could help critically ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19. The drug blocks a specific protein of the immune system that doctors suspect contributes to dangerous responses triggered by coronavirus infection in the lungs, kidneys and blood vessels.
Clinical trial focuses on reducing overactive immune response in COVID-19
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