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Yearlong infection spawned a striking mutation beyond SARS-CoV-2’s spike protein.

A cancer survivor had the longest documented COVID-19 infection. Our lab helped investigate this novel case and was recently interviewed by JENNIFER COUZIN-FRANKEL at Science.org. Here’s what we learned: She (Nussenblatt) asked for help from Elodie Ghedin, a molecular virologist who runs an NIH lab that studies the genomes of SARS-CoV-2 virus from infections. Ghedin […]

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High Virus Count in the Lungs Drives COVID-19 Deaths – Research

Collaboration Research Press Release – Microbial signatures in the lower airways of mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients associated with poor clinical outcome. Nat Microbiol. 2021 Aug 31. doi: 10.1038/s41564-021-00961-5 Press Release A buildup of coronavirus in the lungs is likely behind the steep mortality rates seen in the pandemic, a new study finds. The results contrast

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