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Share on PinterestKyle Briggs is a physician assistant specializing in cardiac critical care.I’m not on the front line. Rather, as a [physician assistant]-intensivist who never leaves the ICU, I’m the last line of defense. I’m part of a team that deals with the sickest patients in the hospital.My patients need invasive machines and potent medications…

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Share on PinterestResearchers have identified a correlation between COVID-19 severity and NET levels.In a new study, researchers from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Northwell Health in New York City, and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, also in New York, NY, have made a discovery that could help advance scientists’ knowledge about how COVID-19 progresses.Their…

Share on PinterestA recent paper theorizes that SARS-CoV-2 might accumulate in the testes.In their paper, the authors of the study suggest that the testes might act as a reservoir for SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19. Here, we find out what other scientists think of this idea.Although there has been wide coverage of the research,…

Share on PinterestResearchers may have identified the cells that SARS-CoV-2 most likely targets in the body.A new study by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University, both in Cambridge, MA — alongside colleagues from other institutions — may have pinpointed the cells that SARS-CoV-2 primarily targets in the human body.The study…