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Theralizumab - Immunomodulator withdrawn from development after inducing severe inflammatory reactions as well as chronic organ failure (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 11 months ago by decadentrebel@lemmy.world to c/creepywikipedia@lemmy.world
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[โ€“] CoachDom@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And for some reason it was picked up by the Russians and they continued human tests...

[โ€“] Successful_Try543@feddit.de 0 points 11 months ago

The problem was that the reported issues were caused by different mechanisms of the immune system of the apes in the trial and humans. After the cause was explained, there is no reason why the promising drug should not be tested again with a much much lesser dose.