All Posts: cytokine storm

• The Storm Surge: COVID-19’s Deadly Weapon

  (May 7, 2020) — One of the most chilling aspects about being infected with COVID-19 is that for some people, the trajectory of illness can be highly unpredictable and they can go downhill quickly. For reasons that are not well understood, the immune system can go into overdrive, leading to a deadly cascade of events […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: biomedical research, comorbidities, COVID-19, cytokine storm, immune response