/oss/taxonomy/term/4856/all en /oss/article/covid-19-health/dexamethasone-triumph-chemistry-and-biotechnology <p>Whenever the “leader of the free world” has a health issue, the media explodes with a mix of facts and conjecture. President Trump’s bout with COVID-19 has focused attention on the treatments he has received which include dexamethasone, a steroid that has a wide spectrum of uses including reduction of inflammation in the bronchi, the airways that lead from the trachea into the lungs. Dexamethasone is a “corticosteroid,” one of a number of medications that chemically resembles the hormones produced in the outer layer, or “cortex,” of the adrenal glands.</p> Fri, 09 Oct 2020 18:34:34 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 8444 at /oss