To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer to question 15379, on influenza, if the Department will (a) commission and (b) evaluate research on the relationship between (i) angiotensin-blocking drugs used to treat high blood pressure, (ii) angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 and (iii) the prevention of acute respiratory disease syndrome.
Some preliminary international research in this area has already taken place and has produced some findings that may have implications for the treatment of any disease that generates an immune mediated response leading to lung failure. However, the work is laboratory based, the body of evidence small, and the findings not conclusive. Additional work and scientific scrutiny will be required before any possible impact on clinical practice.
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