Cytokine Release (IMAGE)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Cytokine Release

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A potential COVID-19 treatment targets the runaway immune response seen in some severely ill patients. Researchers hope a common prescription drug will block immune cells from releasing excessive quantities of inflammatory signaling molecules called cytokines, depicted here as small purple specks.

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