Daily Archives: March 27, 2022


Discovery of a novel mechanism unique to severe COVID leads to a potential treatment

In a large meta-analysis, circulating protein levels of severe COVID patients along with many thousands of genomic datasets leads to an exciting discovery: a mutation in a gene called FAS that turns it into a non-membrane-bound, soluble form, interrupting normal immune function. In addition, an on-market chemotherapeutic drug has been […]