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Blocking the deadly cytokine storm is a vital weapon for treating COVID-19

  • Written by Alexander (Sasha) Poltorak, Professor of Immunology, Tufts University
Blocking the deadly cytokine storm is a vital weapon for treating COVID-19Immune cells release proteins called cytokines which alert the rest of the immune system that a virus is present.www.scientificanimations.com, CC BY-SA

The killer is not the virus but the immune response.

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