SARS-CoV-2 can infect dopamine neurons, causing senescence

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Source: Liuliu Yang

A new study has reported that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, can infect dopamine neurons in the brain and trigger senescence - when a cell loses the ability to grow and divide.

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