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The idea is the antibodies in Weinrich’s plasma can help a sick patient fend off the infection. The 58-year-old computer programmer has donated his plasma, the antibody-rich liquid portion of his blood, four times over the past three months.“I’m sort of squeamish about needles, but I thought if I could turn my negative into a…

There are currently a number of treatments available for patients hospitalised with COVID-19 [File: Tolga Akmen/AFP] An aerosol-based drug treatment could drastically reduce the number of new coronavirus patients dying from the disease or requiring intensive care, according to preliminary results released by a British biotech firm. In a randomised trial of 100 patients admitted…

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(Adds quote, detail, background) LONDON, June 29 (Reuters) - A combination of antiviral drugs used to treat HIV had no beneficial effect in patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in a large-scale randomised trial, British scientists said on Monday. Scientists running the RECOVERY trial at the University of Oxford said that the results "convincingly rule out any…