Tag: cytokine

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Plasma endotoxin/LPS is a reliable predictor of mortality in hospitalized children

A great study, whose findings (I believe) can be plausibly extended to all hospitalized patients given the…

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Aspirin is a true drug for COVID-19 – it inhibits binding of the spike protein to the angiotensin converting enzyme II (ACE2)

Most of my readers probably still vividly remember the brutal censorship levied upon the public during the…

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Mitochondrial dysfunction prevents apoptosis and drives inflammation

Yet another study, which demonstrates the inseparable link between metabolism and “structural” problems such as cellular integrity…

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Progesterone and allpregnanolone are protective against COVID-19

I think we will be seeing more studies on this topic, especially in light of the ongoing…