Severe COVID-19 can alter long-term immune system response (IMAGE)

Jackson Laboratory

Severe COVID-19 can alter long-term immune system response

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Severe COVID-19 triggers changes that affect gene expression in immune system stem cells, causing long-lasting alterations in the body’s immune response, according to a new study by Weill Cornell Medicine and Jackson Laboratory investigators.

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