UC San Diego Researchers (IMAGE) University of California - San Diego Caption Members of the UC San Diego component of the international team that discovered (and named) MIP-C are (from left) Saptarshi Sinha, Ella McLaren and Pradipta Ghosh. MIP-C is a previously unknown post-COVID syndrome that results in lung scarring, sometimes progressing to death. Credit UC San Diego Health Sciences Usage Restrictions Use photo credit License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.