Spike Protein Damages Vascular Cells

Each day we're learning more about how SARS-CoV-2 affects the body and how the spike protein triggers damage to systems.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Researchers used a pseudo virus made of a cell surrounded by spike proteins but without a viral component to demonstrate the spike proteins can damage human cells and alter mitochondrial function

• Many of the long-haul symptoms attributed to COVID-19 may be the result of endothelial damage that triggers poor flow through the capillaries, …