Respiratory viral infections like COVID-19 can lead to long-term effects known as long COVID-19, affecting over 65 million people worldwide. Understanding this condition is challenging due to its impact on multiple organ systems and the lack of suitable animal models for research. A new mouse model developed by researchers at the University of Virginia has shed light on long COVID-19, demonstrating that blocking specific overactive immune cells can restore lung function. This research has implications for treating respiratory symptoms of long COVID-19 and potentially other chronic lung diseases caused by respiratory viral infections in the future.
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Long COVID inflicts deep scars on the lungs. Targeting specific immune cells could reverse damage
