Blood test can track the evolution of coronavirus infection

(Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) A blood test that quantifies the protein ACE2, the cellular protein which allows entry of the coronavirus into cells, as well as ACE2 fragments, produced as a result of interaction with the virus, could be a simple and effective method for monitoring SARS-CoV-2 infection, according to a study led by Javier S á ez-Valero, from the UMH-CSIC Neurosciences Institute in Alicante, published in FASEB Journal.
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