Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: How an Antiviral Immune Reaction Can Go Too Far
May 25, 2020
May 25, 2020
COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, May 25 -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following news:
Cold Spring Harbor Lab Associate Professor Mikala Egeblad studied cancer before the COVID-19 pandemic. But when she read reports about severe cases of the disease, she realized that those coronavirus patients might suffer from something similar to what some cancer patients experience. Neutrophils, a common type of white blood cells, try to trap and digest cancer cells and pathogens i . . .
Cold Spring Harbor Lab Associate Professor Mikala Egeblad studied cancer before the COVID-19 pandemic. But when she read reports about severe cases of the disease, she realized that those coronavirus patients might suffer from something similar to what some cancer patients experience. Neutrophils, a common type of white blood cells, try to trap and digest cancer cells and pathogens i . . .