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Covid patients' blood plasma may predict severity, death: Study
Updated On: 13 April, 2023 07:36 PM IST | New York | IANS
"Identifying harmful proteins may be helpful as we confront not only variants of the virus that causes Covid-19, but also as new viruses emerge in the future," said principal investigator Carlos Cruchaga, Director of the NeuroGenomics and Informatics Centre at the School of Medicine
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Specific proteins in the blood of Covid-19 patients may help predict who may need to be placed on ventilators to breathe and which ones are most likely to die of the virus, according to a study.
The study led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis showed that obtaining the samples early can help identify the proteins linked to worse Covid outcomes, accelerate treatment and prevent the need for ventilators or death from the virus.
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