"COVID-19 Can Destroy Human Immune Cells Like AIDS"

US-China Joint Research Team Announces Research Results

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Seung-gon] A study has found that the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) can destroy immune cells in the human body, the Hong Kong South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on the 12th.

According to SCMP, a joint research team composed of scientists from Shanghai, China, and New York, USA, published a paper containing these research results in the medical journal Cellular & Molecular Immunology.

According to the paper, experiments combining the COVID-19 virus with T cells cultured in the laboratory revealed that the COVID-19 virus penetrates T cells and paralyzes the function of T cells that protect the human body.

T cells are a type of immune cell responsible for eliminating pathogens and viruses that have invaded the human body.

In the case of SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), which caused a pandemic in 2003, the virus did not have the ability to penetrate T cells.

These research results align with frontline medical personnel's observations that COVID-19 attacks the human immune system similarly to the AIDS virus (HIV).

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