SARS-CoV-2 Can Reprogram Cells to Suppress Immunity

Researchers have discovered that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, may be changing crucial white blood cells called neutrophils so that instead of working to destroy pathogens, they instead disrupt the activity of other immune cells that are battling the virus. This National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded work may help explain how severe COVID can arise. The findings have been reported in Science Translational Medicine.

In this work, the…