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Scientists Solve Key COVID Mystery: Why Do Patients Lose Ability To Smell? – wgbh.org

The study’s lead author said their findings could lead towards eventual treatments for a range of neurological disorders caused by the virus.

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New research led by scientists at Harvard University Medical School explains one of the many mysteries of COVID-19: why people infected with the virus temporarily lose their sense of smell.
The loss of smell has been the most common neurological symptom of the virus. The study’s lead author, Dr. Sandeep Robert Datta, said their findings about why that happens was a surprise and could lead towards eventual treatments for a range of neurological disorders caused by the virus.
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