Patients seriously affected by flu or Covid may have high levels of crucial enzyme, research finds
by Melissa Davey Medical editor from Science | The Guardian on (#6PXKY)
Exclusive: Australian-led discovery may help explain why otherwise healthy people die from infectious diseases while others fight off viruses unscathed
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Some patients who fall seriously ill or die from common respiratory viruses have abnormally high levels of a crucial enzyme, new Australian-led research has found.
The discovery may help provide part of the answer as to why otherwise healthy people sometimes die from infectious diseases, while others fight off viruses unscathed.
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