Type I Interferon & COVID-19. [URL]

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Type I Interferon & COVID-19. [URL]

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https://healthcare-in-europe.com/en/new ... d-19.html#

This research may explain why some people are hit so much harder by the Coronavirus than others.
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That would confirm that the innate immune response is playing a major role here, rather than the acquired immunity.
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IFN Type 1 response can be good or bad. Now somebody has to study why and how to regulate it
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