New findings help explain how COVID-19 overpowers the immune system
E-Mail IMAGE: Portrait of Pinchas Cohen, MD, Dean of the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology view more Credit: Stephanie Kleinman Seeking to understand why COVID-19 is able to suppress the body's immune response, new research from the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology suggests that mitochondria are one of the first lines of defense against COVID-19 and identifies key differences in how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, affects mitochondrial genes when compared to other viruses. These differences offer possible explanations as to why older adults and people with...
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