(PubPeer commenters also pointed out problems in the paper, including a failure of the authors to post their original data.) But it would be a bad idea in COVID-19 patients if it increased the infectivity of SARS CoV-2. Michael BaderSo, if doctors based their treatment decisions on the Cell paper, they’d be depriving patients of an important regimen. MB sent a list of the inaccuracies in the Cell paper to the editor of the journal. However, following that paper’s publication, the authors of the original paper published yet another article in Cell defending their study.

Source: Stuff October 05, 2022 07:13 UTC