Unproven Stem Cell Therapy Gets OK for Testing in Coronavirus Patients – The New York Times

At least one outside expert said the approach could present safety risks. Paul Knoepfler, a stem cell researcher at the University of California, Davis, said that patients with coronavirus can develop severe reactions where their immune systems go too far in attacking cells in their lungs, causing damaging inflammation. Other cell therapies tested in China are designed to dampen the immune response

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What You Need to Know About the FDA’s Approval of Opdivo-Yervoy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma – Curetoday.com

The Food and Drug Administration approved the dual immunotherapy of Opdivo and Yervoy for the treatment of patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. Heres what you need to know. This is the only dual immunotherapy approved by the FDA in this setting of patients with HCC and was based on the results of the phase 1/2 CheckMate-040 trial

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COVID-19 Tips for Patients with Myelodysplastic Syndromes and Acute Myeloid Leukemia – Curetoday.com

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a unique challenge for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes and acute myeloid leukemia, creating many questions that experts tried to answer in a recent webinar from The Aplastic Anemia and MDS International Foundation. The Aplastic Anemia and MDS International Foundation (AAMDSIF) recently hosted a webinar to address the questions of this patient population by connecting them with Dr. Gail J.

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Mesoblast’s remestemcel-L receives FDA IND clearance for treating COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress – Small Caps

Regenerative medicine company Mesoblast (ASX: MSB) has received US Food and Drug Administration Investigational New Drug (IND) clearance for its remestemcel-L treatment to be used in COVID-19 patients presenting with acute respiratory distress syndrome. According to Mesoblast chief medical officer Dr Fred Grossman, the FDA IND approval now enables US-based COVID-19 patients with poor prognosis to be treated with remestemcel-L under compassionate usage grounds and in a planned randomised controlled trial.

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Column: Scientific advancements in the time of COVID-19 and what they offer us – The Daily Tar Heel

The coronavirus, otherwise known as COVID-19, has dramatically transformed the lives of people around the globe. It has decimated economies, overwhelmed health care systems and affected families in unimaginable ways. However, in spite of the havoc that it has caused, COVID-19 has furthered our understanding of pandemic control beyond anything that we've known before

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