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Beta-blockers could be used to treat COVID-19, study finds – News-Medical.Net
Beta-blockers could potentially be used to treat COVID-19, according to a new international study by Italian and Australian scientists.
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Nov 3 2020
Beta-blockers could potentially be used to treat COVID-19, according to a new international study by Italian and Australian scientists.
University of South Australia cancer researcher, Dr Nirmal Robinson, working with a team in Naples, has found evidence in animal models that the beta-blocker Propranolol helps suppress the spread of cancer in the lung which has an inflammatory profile very similar to COVID-19.
The scientists have presented their findings…
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