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Stanford Medicine Unmasks the Surprising Instigators of Severe COVID in the Lungs


A previously overlooked type of immune cell allows SARS-CoV-2 to proliferate, Stanford Medicine scientists have found. The discovery has important implications for preventing severe COVID-19. The lung cell type that’s most susceptible to infection by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is n

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