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Are T cells key to controlling COVID-19 and reducing its severity? – Health Europa
A new study has confirmed that T cells play an important role in the body’s response to COVID-19.
The findings show that a multi-layered, virus-specific immune response is important for controlling the virus during the acute phase of the infection and reducing the severity of the disease, with the bulk of the evidence pointing to a much bigger role for T cells than antibodies.
The study has been carried out by researchers at La Jolla Institute for Immunology and has been published in the journal Cell.
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