Stem Cell Trial Tests Treatment for Often-Fatal COVID-19 Lung Damage

Tuesday, September 1, 2020 - 08:01 in Health & Medicine

Researchers are studying whether cells drawn from deep inside our bones may hold hope for the sickest of COVID-19 patients who have severe lung injury called acute respiratory distress syndrome, or ARDS. The clinical trial, led by Michael Matthay, MD, of UC San Francisco, is testing the effects of infusions of stem cells drawn from bone […]

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