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Excerpt from text: “…SARS-CoV-2 virions have in fact been observed in the human olfactory bulb (Nampoothiri et al., 2020). SARS-CoV particles have also been found in the human brain (Ding et al., 2004; Gu et al., 2005; Xu et al., … Continue reading

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Abstract Importance: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may lead to serious illness as a result of an excessive immune response. Fluvoxamine may prevent clinical deterioration by stimulating the σ-1 receptor, which regulates cytokine production. Objective: To determine whether fluvoxamine, given during … Continue reading

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Summary: “An aspirin to make CSCs go away: Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are tumor cells with stem cell-like qualities that promote tumor progression, adaption to stress, and resistance to chemotherapy. Bhattacharya et al. found that aspirin targets CSCs in a … Continue reading

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