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Qld researchers identify class of drugs that could potentially prevent heart damage in COVID-19

Queensland scientists have found a class of drugs that could potentially prevent or reverse heart damage in COVID-19 patients. by Janelle Miles Medical Reporter @janellehmiles Queensland researchers have identified a class of drugs that could potentially prevent or reverse heart damage in COVID-19 patients. Canadian company Resverlogix has already used the findings by the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute as the basis for expanding a trial of its drug apabetalone into patients with COVID-19. In severe COVID-19 cases, the immune system over-reacts to the infection, releasing inflammatory molecules, known as cytokines, into the bloodstream..... Read the full article here.