COVID-19 and identified six molecules they believe can be used as therapeutic targets to treat the virus.Some early reports from scientists and physicians suggested that the novel coronavirus can cause a cytokine storm in some patients, which is when the immune system goes dangerously overboard in responding to an infection.
Can immunosuppressive therapies save lives? London, Ont., researchers launch study “That inflammation that occurs is important for ridding the body of the virus, but the flip-side of that is if it’s exaggerated, the inflammation can actually start to destroy your own tissues,” lead researcher Dr.