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Scientists consider whether anti-cytokine therapies tocilizumab and anakinra might alleviate disease severity in COVID 19. Tocilizumab (an IL-6 blocker) has been tested with possible benefit. These results have been mixed. Anakinra (an anti-IL-1 medication) as also tested with mixed results. These drugs have been used for …
Science always tries to build on prior knowledge. Understanding how COIVID 19 creates such inflammation means evaluating whether this coronavirus mimics cytokine storm diseases which we already know, or stirs up different immune winds of its own. We have some experience and some therapies for …
Every therapy, natural or pharmaceutical, has the potential for side effects and unintended consequences. Some of the most promising therapies turn out to be duds or even disasters when the secondary effects completely outweigh the primarily intended benefits. Before adding CBD to your COVID 19 …
Sometimes you just need the big picture. This review of the endocannabinoid system as it impacts on inflammation serves as a great resource to consider whether or not CBD might help treat COVID 19. Understanding science in 2021 and beyond means taking time to understand …
Costinuk and Jenabian ask a great question in Cytokine Growth Factor Review about whether or not CBD might be helpful in COVID 19 therapy. They do not report on their own research, but they provide one of the most concise reviews of CBD anti-inflammatory research …
With the past year of constant COVID19 news, of course, CBD had to get some attention. Normally in the natural world, CBD comes up in nearly every disease condition as a possible therapy. At our clinic, we have found some uses to be helpful and …
CBD or cannabidiol, originating from hemp plants, seems to find a way to catch a headline in just about any disease out there. One might think it is a wonder drug when it even shows up on the list of possible therapies for COVID 19 …
A collaboration of researchers evaluated 780,000 immune cells from 130 patients and found different immune responses in those with severe COVID19 disease. The question then becomes one of the chicken or the egg, or in other words, are we seeing a cause or an effect …
In line with our recent superhero blog about nanobodies, we look at another hoped for superhero in the fight against superbugs. While this hero’s name needs some public relations reworking, “peptide polymers” arose from research at the Melbourne School of Engineering. Someone will have to …
Every kid loves a superhero. Then we grow up… and still look for superheroes, especially if we work in medicine. Our medical superheroes are needed for the disease or condition which is ravaging our patients’ lives. A tick-borne disease called ehrlichiosis succumbs to only one …