Annals of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India) (Jun 2021)

A Step Toward Optimizing Regenerative Medicine Principle to Combat COVID-19

  • Shilpa Sharma,
  • Madhan Jeyaraman,
  • Sathish Muthu,
  • Talagavadi Channaiah Anudeep,
  • Naveen Jeyaraman,
  • Ajay Satish Shringeri,
  • Vinodh Kumar,
  • Rajeswari Somasundaram,
  • Rashmi Jain,
  • Saurabh Kumar Jha

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1731597
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 57, no. 04
pp. 202 – 213

Abstract

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Drugs are currently not licensed in specific to pulverize COVID-19. On an emergency basis, vaccines were approved to prevent the further spread of COVID-19. This serves as a potential background for considering the optimization of biologics. In this context, evidence on convalescent plasma and stem cells has shown a beneficial role. Here, we have considered this as plausible therapy, and further hypothesize that their cocktails will synergistically boost the immunogenicity to relegate COVID-19. This warrants a large volume clinical trial on an emergent basis, because the sooner we establish a safe and effective cure, the better.

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