And the fear porn continues….
Coronavirus can 'hijack' brain cells to replicate itself, Yale researchers discover.
The coronavirus can affect the brain and “hijack” brain cells to replicate itself, Yale University researchers have discovered.
A new study from Yale University, on BioRXiv, which is awaiting peer review, found that the brain is another organ susceptible to an attack by the novel coronavirus.
“Our study found that SARS-CoV-2 can infect neurons in the brain in a 3D culture of human brain cells (called organoid). We also detect infected neurons from the patient’s brain tissue. When we looked at the cells infected with the virus, we see that they are quite active metabolically, indicating that the virus can hijack the cell’s machinery to make more copies of themselves," lead researcher Dr. Akiko Iwasaki, who is an immunologist at Yale University, told Fox News in an email.
As the virus infects a brain cell, it can deplete the nearby brain cells of oxygen as it replicates itself, they found.
“Since the virus can infect cells within the brain, it can cause significant damage to that cell and the surrounding cells. We saw cells surrounding the infected neurons to be severely damaged and killed by the infection,” Iwasaki explained to Fox News.
While initial reports surrounded mainly the respiratory symptoms of the disease, this study’s findings suggest a potential neurological impact the virus can have on many COVID-19 infected patients if the virus attacks the brain.
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