All cytokine storm articles
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Study untangles how COVID-19 wreaks widespread damage in the body
A new study sheds light on the pathways that drive organ damage and death in severe COVID-19 and helps explain why survivors of the disease can experience long-term complications.
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Revealed: new factor associated with the risk of severe COVID-19 in people with obesity
By analyzing samples from obese non-diabetics, researchers found that high blood levels of saturated fatty acids cause pre-activation of innate immune cells that, when infected with SARS-CoV-2, produce elevated levels of inflammatory molecules.