Hidden pathway drives COVID-19 infection, triggers damaging inflammation in the lungs

New research has uncovered a hidden pathway that allows COVID-19 to infect the immune system and trigger damaging inflammation in the lungs.

The study by La Trobe University and WEHI researchers found SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can hide inside tiny fragments of dying infected cells, known as apoptotic bodies (ApoBDs). ...