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Fighting viruses is as easy as breathing

The Pharma Data

They also identified several drugs that reduced the production of inflammatory cytokines in infected Alveolus Chips, which could be useful in treating excessive inflammation in the lung. Based on these studies, one of those drugs was licensed to Cantex Pharmaceuticals for the treatment of COVID-19 and other inflammatory lung diseases.

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Blood Donor Day 2023: Experts weigh inĀ 

Drug Discovery World

In acknowledgement of Blood Donor Day 2023, DDW spoke with industry experts about the significance of blood donorship in drug discovery. Besides looking at donor characteristics, our platform, which we call Excellos 360TM, includes the assessment of metabolic and effector potential of cells, and genetic analysis.