TeachableMedicalNews article 05022020
Teachable moment in classrooms:
- cellular basis of life chapter – cell cycle and mitosis
- blood chapter – white blood cell types and their functions
- respiratory system chapter – alveoli as the sites of gas exchange
- respiratory system chapter – immune defense cells of alveoli
- lymphatic and immune system chapter – events of inflammation
How could the drug Opaganib help us defeat the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus?
The news item: Recent articles reported that the investigational drug Opaganib will be evaluated as potential treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infected patients:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/2-israeli-covid-19-patients-improve-in-experimental-drug-trial/
The news item mentions that the drug has an anti-inflammatory effect, and that it is a sphingosine kinase inhibitor.