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Covid Studies And Papers => Covid's Effect On The Brain => Topic started by: Steve on August 07, 2023, 07:38:16 pm

Title: Re: Different Covid Variants Affect Different Parts of the Brain
Post by: Data Report on August 07, 2023, 11:59:13 pm

Great find and addition thanks for sharing!

Title: Different Covid Variants Affect Different Parts of the Brain
Post by: Steve on August 07, 2023, 07:38:16 pm

SUMMARY - Straight from the article itself, "Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shown in lab-based experiments that variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can affect the blood-brain barrier and damage brain cells in different ways."

Also, "The wild-type virus [the original one from Wuhan] killed all cell types except astrocytes, whereas Alpha and Beta only killed pericytes, and omicron killed endothelial cells and pericytes."

The article goes into further detail about these findings.


LINK - https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-08-scientists-untangle-covid-affects-brain.html (https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-08-scientists-untangle-covid-affects-brain.html)