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South Florida Doctors Make Medical Breakthrough In Treating Severe Cases Of COVID

"I think this could be a turning point," said Dr. Camillo Ricordi at the University of Miami School of Medicine.

January 11, 2021

Doctors in South Florida say an experimental treatment involving stem cells has been incredibly successful in treating severe cases of COVID.

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The study involved patients at Jackson Memorial Hospital and at the University Miami Tower. Many of them had acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).

“I think this could be a turning point,” said Dr. Camillo Ricordi, director of the Cell Transplant Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

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