Transfusion Medicine Archives - covid19.ecambiomed.com

Summary:
Adaptive Transfusion Medicine Therapies for COVID-19 are rapidly evolving, including common and well understood therapies: Convalescent Serum, Red Cell Exchange.
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August 2020

BIOMARKERS IN MEDICINE | The association between biomarkers and clinical outcomes in novel coronavirus pneumonia in a US cohort.

sibiu1182020-08-12T11:21:33+00:00August 12th, 2020|

Summary. Five common blood biomarkers were investigated in the report: IL-6 (interleukin 6). IL-6 is an interleukin that acts as both a pro-inflammatory cytokine and an anti-inflammatory myokine. In humans, [...]

June 2020

JOHNS HOPKINS 2019 Novel Coronavirus Research Compendium (NCRC)

sibiu1182020-06-28T03:54:06+00:00June 28th, 2020|

https://ncrc.jhsph.edu/ Our teams rapidly curate and assess emerging research on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. We prioritize original, high-quality research for public health action and papers receiving significant attention, regardless of quality. [...]

JAMA | Original Investigation | Effect of Convalescent Plasma Therapy on Time to Clinical Improvement in Patients With Severe and Life-threatening COVID-19 A Randomized Clinical Trial

sibiu1182020-06-04T07:51:26+00:00June 3rd, 2020|

doi:10.1001/jama.2020.10044 June 3, 2020 Key Points Question What is the effect of convalescent plasma therapy added to standard treatment, compared with standard treatment alone, on clinical outcomes in patients with severe [...]

PRESS RELEASE Lilly Begins World’s First Study of a Potential COVID-19 Antibody Treatment in Humans

sibiu1182020-06-01T19:24:11+00:00June 1st, 2020|

06/01/2020 Download PDF First patients have been dosed in a Phase 1 study of LY-CoV555, the lead antibody from Lilly's collaboration with AbCellera The placebo-controlled study will assess safety and [...]

May 2020

NEWS RELEASE | The Rockefeller University | First results from human COVID-19 immunology study reveal universally effective antibodies

sibiu1182020-05-27T19:06:25+00:00May 27th, 2020|

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION IN COVID-19 SURVIVORS Researchers at The Rockefeller University published (preprint) data from a study of 149 COVID-19 patients to evaluate the presence of antibodies in blood serum after [...]

Antibody Therapeutics | Oxford Academic Review | Antibody therapies for the treatment of COVID-19

sibiu1182020-05-26T07:45:31+00:00May 26th, 2020|

Download PDF https://doi.org/10.1093/abt/tbaa007 Published: 30 April 2020 Reprinted for educational purposes and social benefit, not for profit. Abstract The outbreak of COVID-19, the disease caused by infection of the coronavirus [...]

MOUNT SINAI | Press Release | Convalescent Plasma Is A Potentially Effective Treatment Option for Patients Hospitalized With COVID 19, According to Early Data

sibiu1182020-05-25T13:24:22+00:00May 25th, 2020|

Convalescent plasma treatment of severe COVID-19: A matched control study- medRxiv New York, NY May 22, 2020 Source: Mount Sinai Reprinted for educational purposes and social benefit, not for profit. [...]

CELL | Potent Neutralizing Antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 Identified by High-Throughput Single-Cell Sequencing of Convalescent Patients’ B Cells

sibiu1182020-05-26T06:02:45+00:00May 17th, 2020|

Highlights 8,558 IgG1+ antigen-binding clonotypes were identified by high-throughput scRNA/VDJ-seq 14 potent SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies were found from 60 convalescent patients BD-368-2 showed high therapeutic and prophylactic efficacy in SARS-CoV-2-infected [...]

NHS. Convalescent plasma programme

sibiu1182020-05-02T15:46:14+00:00May 2nd, 2020|

We are collecting plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients to help with national clinical trials. - NHS As part of the national research effort against coronavirus, we are leading a programme to collect [...]

VOX. Coronavirus’s new mystery: It’s causing strokes in healthy people

sibiu1182020-05-02T20:11:08+00:00May 1st, 2020|

“These people are clotting, and we can’t shut it off.” As more people around the world are infected with Covid-19, we’re learning that the novel coronavirus can not only cause severe [...]