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Local Company Patents Possible Treatment for SARS
KSDK - St. Louis ^
| 4/26/03
| KSDK
Posted on 04/26/2003 11:12:20 PM PDT by stlnative
Local Company Patents Possible Treatment for SARS 4/26/2003 8:24:08 PM
(KSDK) -- A St. Louis medical researcher is investigating how common medications could help save lives in the SARS outbreak. Dr. David Moskowitz says physicians are trying to treat the virus, when they should be trying to treat the response.
Moskowitz is CEO of Genomed. He believes the problem with SARS is not the killer virus, but that host response, which involves t-cells and interferon gamma, is actually causing people's lung linings to fall off. He believes the use of sartans, drugs already used in blood pressure medicines, could suppress that immune response and save lives.
"We're attempting to make it as common as possible, because this is a very serious illness and if, in fact, everybody has been barking up the wrong tree, treating the virus, when in fact they should be treating the host immune response, then we can potentially save a lot of lives," says Dr. Moskowitz.
Dr. Moskowitz says he's e-mailed the CDC and the WHO about his discovery and has also applied for a patent.
TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: sars
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posted on
04/26/2003 11:12:21 PM PDT
by
stlnative
To: All
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posted on
04/26/2003 11:31:51 PM PDT
by
stlnative
(Were it not for the brave…there'd be no land of the free.)
To: brigette
Dr. Moskowitz says he's e-mailed the CDC and the WHO about his discovery and has also applied for a patent. He's emailed the CDC and WHO, and applied for a patent on drugs already used in blood pressure medication?
Is he related to Mr. Rappoport, by any chance?
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posted on
04/26/2003 11:31:57 PM PDT
by
Cachelot
(~ In waters near you ~)
To: Cachelot
I think the patent is for the actual treatment method for SARS... (not the meds used) - Read the company BIO - I looked it up tonight after I saw him on the local news. Maybe what he suggests might work, who knows...?
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posted on
04/26/2003 11:42:06 PM PDT
by
stlnative
(Were it not for the brave…there'd be no land of the free.)
To: brigette
Nothing else seems to be working, it's worth a try before this becomes epidemic.
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posted on
04/26/2003 11:52:43 PM PDT
by
blondee123
(Prez Bush Rules; Our military Rules! God Bless America!)
To: brigette
Weel, I've read the stuff, but I have no idea if it is anything.
At least the training of all the guys is top notch.
I am eager to hear the medical freepers on this.
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posted on
04/27/2003 12:00:43 AM PDT
by
Betty Jo
To: brigette
Moskowitz is CEO of Genomed. He believes the problem with SARS is not the killer virus, but that host response, which involves t-cells and interferon gamma, is actually causing people's lung linings to fall off. He believes the use of sartans, drugs already used in blood pressure medicines, could suppress that immune response and save lives. "We have to suppress the immune response in order to save it"
SARS is a quagmire just like Vietnam!
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posted on
04/27/2003 12:06:14 AM PDT
by
xm177e2
(Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
To: blondee123
Nothing else seems to be working, it's worth a try before this becomes epidemic.This won't stop it from becoming epidemic, though. This will only keep people from dying (if it works). But you're right, they do need to test these things as quickly as they can.
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posted on
04/27/2003 12:07:13 AM PDT
by
xm177e2
(Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
To: xm177e2
If the treatment can be done at home, then that will free up hospital beds.
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