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Research Reveals How COVID-19 Can Kill Heart Muscle Cells, Interfere With Contraction – SciTechDaily

Study reveals details of how coronavirus infects heart; models of tissue damage may help develop potential therapies. Since early in the pandemic, COVID-19 has…

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A study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis provides evidence that the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 can invade and replicate inside heart muscle cells, causing cell death and interfering with heart muscle contraction. The image of engineered heart tissue shows human heart muscle cells (red) infected with SARS-CoV-2 (green). Credit: Lina Greenberg
Study reveals details of how coronavirus infects heart; models of tissue damage may help develop potential therapies.
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