Category: Cell Death

Complement system causes cell damage in long Covid

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January, 2024, Source: University of Zurich Science Daily Summary: Long Covid patients suffer from chronic symptoms such as fatigue or shortness of breath. As researchers have discovered, this is to some extent due to a part of our immune system called the complement system. The study identified a pattern in the blood proteins that will […]

Research Suggests Unusual Form Of Cell Death Causes Severe COVID-19 Lung Damage

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MAY 31, 2024 – Authored by Megan Redshaw, J.D. Epoch Times SARS-CoV-2 infection may cause severe pulmonary conditions such as pneumonia, inflammation, and acute respiratory distress syndrome, but until now, researchers have not understood the driving force behind lung damage caused by COVID-19. In a recently published paper in Nature Communications, researchers at Columbia University discovered […]