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SARS-CoV-2 Hijacks Nanotubes Between Neurons to Infect Them

2022-08-01

SARS-CoV-2 Hijacks Nanotubes Between Neurons to Infect Them

COVID-19 often leads to neurological symptoms, such as a loss of taste or smell, or cognitive impairments (including memory loss and concentration difficulties), both during the acute phase of the disease and over the long term with "long COVID" syndrome. But the way in which the infection reaches the brain was previously unknown. Scientists from Institut Pasteur and CNRS laboratories have used...