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Study: People with chronic acid reflux may be able to get COVID-19 from eating – STLtoday.com
Washington U. study was published online Wednesday in the medical journal Gastroenterology.
Shown is tissue taken from patients with Barrett’s esophagus. The cells resemble intestinal cells rather than normal esophagus cells. The red color notes the presence of a protein called actin that is found in intestinal cells, while the green marks the presence of the TMPRSS2 protein that binds to the coronavirus. Image provided by Washington University School of Medicine.
By Michele Munz
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS People with chronic acid reflux may be more vulnerable to getting COVID-19…
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