A study of the lungs of people who have died from COVID-19 has found persistent and extensive lung damage in most cases. This finding may help doctors understand what is responsible for a syndrome known as ‘long COVID.’ People with this condition can suffer ongoing health problems for months. A report on the study appeared in eBioMedicine, a medical journal published by The Lancet. Scientists leading the research said they found some unusual characteristics of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. These qualities may explain why it is able to cause such harm. One of the co-leaders of the work, Mauro Giacca, serves as a professor at King’s College London. He said the findings seem to show that “COVID-19 is not simply a disease caused by the death of virus-infected cells.” In some patients, he said, the seriousness of the disease is likely the result of these “cells persisting for long periods inside the lungs.”
Title: Researchers: Lung Damage in COVID Dead May Explain 'Long COVID'
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data-end-time='30813'>People with this condition can suffer ongoing health problems for months.</span> <span data-start-time='30813' data-end-time='40354'>A report on the study appeared in eBioMedicine, a medical journal published by The Lancet.</span> <span data-start-time='40354' data-end-time='54104'>Scientists leading the research said they found some unusual characteristics of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.</span> <span data-start-time='54104' data-end-time='60938'> These qualities may explain why it is able to cause such harm.</span> <span data-start-time='60938' data-end-time='71625'>One of the co-leaders of the work, Mauro Giacca, serves as a professor at King’s College London.</span> <span data-start-time='71625' data-end-time='83646'> He said the findings seem to show that “COVID-19 is not simply a disease caused by the death of virus-infected cells.”</span> <span data-start-time='83646' data-end-time='96625'>In some patients, he said, the seriousness of the 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