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COVID-19 causes some patients' immune systems to attack their own bodies, which may contribute to severe illness

  • Written by Matthew Woodruff, Instructor, Lowance Center for Human Immunology, Emory University
COVID-19 causes some patients' immune systems to attack their own bodies, which may contribute to severe illnessIn autoimmune diseases, circulating antibodies destroy an individual's own tissues.JUAN GAERTNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images

Across the world, immunologists who retooled their labs to join the fight against SARS-CoV-2 are furiously trying to explain why some people get so sick while others recover unscathed. The pace is dizzying, but some...

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