Cytokine

Share on PinterestRecent research suggests no connection between cytokine storm and COVID-19.Sometimes our immune systems can work against us. In the case of autoimmune diseases, for example, the immune system attacks the body’s own tissue to cause the illness.Autoimmune involvement has come up in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, with numerous reports describing so-called…

Share on PinterestNew research finds a lower risk of death for patients with severe COVID-19 who had taken the drug tocilizumab.Despite being twice as likely to develop secondary infections, patients who received a single dose of the immune suppressing drug appeared to have a better chance of survival, researchers at the University of Michigan discovered.Doctors…

clinical trials, including a late-stage trial in combination with the antiviral drug remdesivir. And a recent paper in the journal Science Immunology described preliminary data on a drug that stems the flood of cytokines at its source, and seems to lead to rapid recovery.When immune cells first encounter a pathogen, they release molecules called cytokines…