New Delhi, May 19 -- Why the Novel Coronavirus is more fatal to men than women? Is there any link between prostrate cancer in men and Covid-19? Is a protein receptor abnormally grown in prostrate cancer patients is being used by the virus to enter the lungs and attack lung tissue of men?
These are some of the pertinent questions that a team of researchers from University California Los Angles Health Sciences is exploring to help improve better clinical outcomes for men afflicted with Coronavirus.
In the UCLA-led clinical trial, researchers will suppress male hormones using the FDA-approved medication known as degarelix, to temporarily shut down the production of TMPRSS2 and block the virus from entering lung tissue.
The decision came aft...