Scientists get to the bottom of COVID’s worst pediatric complication

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Scientists investigating multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) found their immune systems had latched onto a part of the coronavirus that closely resembles a protein found in their bodies, launching an attack on their own tissues. 

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