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Why Do Some People Become Severely Ill From Covid-19 and Die? Interferon Impairment Explains This – International Business Times, Singapore Edition
Research shows that some Covid-19 patients get severely ill and the situation gets complicated because of an impaired interferon response.
The Covid-19 outbreak had initially left many doctors and researchers baffled as why young people are succumbing to the virus given that it was claimed that the elderly population was more vulnerable and at risk of dying from the infection. However, new research suggests the coronavirus can be equally fatal for the young generation particularly those who lack a substance called interferon that helps orchestrate the body’s defense against viral pathogens.
The new research highlights the potentia…
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