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Complement system causes cell damage in Long Covid

Most people infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus recover after the acute illness. However, a significant proportion of infected individuals develop long-lasting symptoms with a wide range of ...
New Atlas

Blood protein 'signature' may be key to long COVID diagnosis & treatment

Undertaking a study of proteins found in the complement system, an important part of the immune system, of patients with long COVID, researchers have identified a blood protein ‘signature’ that may ...
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Circulating Tumor-Macrophage Fusion Cells and Circulating Tumor Cells Complement Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Screening in Patients With Suspicious Lung-RADS 4 Nodules

Negative Ultraselection of Patients With RAS/BRAF Wild-Type, Microsatellite-Stable Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Receiving Anti–EGFR-Based Therapy In the validation set of 37 Lung-RADS 4 patients, all ...
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Study finds complement system causes cell damage in long COVID

"Patients with active long COVID disease also had elevated blood levels indicating damage to various body cells." Credit: Enrique Heer "Patients with active long COVID disease also had elevated blood ...