Pure Science: All about the cytokine storm, a prime killer of Covid patients

Cytokine storm is when the body’s immune response goes into an overdrive and attacks healthy cells and organs, leading to death. ThePrint’s Sandhya Ramesh takes a look at why this happens among severe Covid patients and how drugs are being developed to treat this. 

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Read Katherine J. Wu's report here: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/04/health/coronavirus-immune-system.html

 

Watch the Pure Science on how immune system works here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UZuMHHB3Ro&
list=PLfa0eRI2uIaSF0WKEDAEHP024wsf_gLYb&index=10

Read the research paper on immunological misfiring here: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2588-y