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How Rod-Shaped Particles Might Distract an Out-of-Control COVID Immune Response: University of Michigan
June 11, 2020
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, June 11 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release:

A long-ignored white blood cell may be central to the immune system overreaction that is the most common cause of death for COVID-19 patients--and University of Michigan researchers found that rod-shaped particles can take them out of circulation.

The No. 1 cause of death for COVID-19 patients echoes the way the 1918 influenza pandemic killed: their lungs fill with fluid and th . . .

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