KPFA - Corona Calls

Corona Calls for 08.14.2023: Mitochondria and Long Covid


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Discussed in this episode:

  • A new paper in Science Translational Medicine draws results from animal experiments, human samples, and human autopsies to suggest a mechanism for some cases of Long Covid: the virus binds to a protein on our cells’ mitochondria and can enduringly alter their function.
  • Podcast music credit:  Now Son by Podington Bear, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License.

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