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Neutrophils

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A research team from three Johns Hopkins institutions has shown that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can “reprogram” pathogen-fighting white blood cells known as neutrophils (left side) into immune system suppressing cells known as PMN-MDSCs (right side) — perhaps providing a mechanism by which severe COVID, a more dangerous form of the disease, may arise.

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Photomicrograph of neutrophils (left side) courtesy of Dr. Graham Beards via Wikimedia Commons and PMN-MDSC graphic (right side) created by M.E. Newman, Johns Hopkins Medicine, using public domain image and CC0: https://openverse.org/image/c7f940e2-356d-433b-9029-d2c59cbf19f1?q=red+blood+cells&p=13

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