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Protein ‘signature’ linked to severe COVID-19 outcomes identified, Mass General Hospital study says Travis Andersen © Lane Turner/Globe Staff The entrance to Massachusetts General Hospital on Fruit Street in Boston. Researchers there have identified what’s known as a protein “signature” linked to severe health outcomes including death for people who contract COVID-19, according to an article published Tuesday in the Harvard Gazette. Massachusetts General Hospital researchers have identified what’s known as a protein “signature” linked to severe health outcom...

 E-Mail BOSTON - Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have identified the protein "signature" of severe COVID-19, which they describe in a new study published in Cell Reports Medicine. "We were interested in asking whether we could identify mechanisms that might be contributing to death in COVID-19," says MGH infectious disease expert Marcia Goldberg, MD, who studies interactions between microbial pathogens and their hosts, and is senior author of the study. "In other words, why do some patients die from this disease, while others--who appear to be just as ill--survive?" In ...

Harvard Medical School This article is part of Harvard Medical School’s continuing coverage of medicine, biomedical research, medical education, and policy related to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and the disease COVID-19. By TIM GOWER | MGH News and Public Affairs Harvard Medical School researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have identified the protein “signature” of severe COVID-19, which they describe in a new study published in Cell Reports Medicine. “We were interested in asking whether we could identify mechanisms that might be contributing to death in COVI...