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‘Persistent’ structural changes in lungs could explain long COVID – BBC Focus Magazine
These changes are caused by the formation of abnormal cells triggered by the coronavirus spike protein.
Major structural changes that persist for several months have been observed in the lungs of deceased COVID-19 patients and could help explain long COVID, scientists have said.
The findings, published in the journal Lancet eBioMedicine, are based on a study of the organs of 41 patients who died at the University Hospital of Trieste, Italy, between February and April 2020.
The researchers took samples from the lung, heart, liver and kidney from patients who had died of the coronavirus to examine its…
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