Emerging preclinical evidence does not support broad use of hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients

There is an urgent need for drugs, therapies and vaccines to be available to protect the human population against COVID-19. One of the first approaches taken in the COVID-19 global response was to consider repurposing licensed drugs. This commentary highlights an extraordinary international collabor...

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Autores principales: Funnell, S. G. P., Dowling, W. E., Muñoz-Fontela, C., Gsell, P.-S., Ingber, D. E., Hamilton, G. A., Delang, L., Rocha-Pereira, J., Kaptein, S., Dallmeier, K. H., Neyts, J., Rosenke, K., de Wit, E., Feldmann, H., Maisonnasse, P., Le Grand, R., Frieman, M. B., Coleman, C. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7450055/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32848158
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17907-w
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Sumario:There is an urgent need for drugs, therapies and vaccines to be available to protect the human population against COVID-19. One of the first approaches taken in the COVID-19 global response was to consider repurposing licensed drugs. This commentary highlights an extraordinary international collaborative effort of independent researchers who have recently all come to the same conclusion—that chloroquine or hydroxchloroquine are unlikely to provide clinical benefit against COVID-19.

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