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Liver Test Abnormalities in Patients With COVID-19 Not Associated With Cytokine Storm

Credit: Getty Images. Researchers evaluated liver test abnormalities in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and assessed cytokine levels in individuals with vs without abnormal test results.

London startup to trial drug to prevent cancer therapy side-effect ‘cytokine storm’

Poolbeg Pharma to test the treatment in NHS hospitals and says it is also developing a GLP-1 weight loss pill ...
Science Daily

Blood test could identify COVID-19 patients at risk of 'cytokine storm' hyperinflammation

Researchers have identified a blood profile that could help identify COVID-19 patients at greatest risk of deterioration and direct them towards trials of specific treatments that could modify their ...
Business Wire

University of Illinois College of Medicine and EpicGenetics Deploy Test to Determine Patients Most Likely to Avoid Potentially Fatal Cytokine Storms that May Trigger the Most ...

LOS ANGELES & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Professor Frederick Behm, Head of the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago Department of Pathology, and Dr. Bruce Gillis, CEO of EpicGenetics, ...
FierceBiotech

After passing safety hurdle, Orpheris kick-starts COVID-19 cytokine storm efficacy test

Biotech Orpheris has been given the FDA go-ahead for a phase 2 aimed at calming the cytokine storm sometimes caused by COVID-19. The biotech hopes its therapy can help those with the disease who are ...
Healthline

Cytokine Storm and COVID-19: How Are They Connected?

The job of your immune system is to protect your body from harmful foreign substances and keep you healthy. But sometimes your immune system does your body more harm than good. A cytokine storm occurs ...