A glucose-like metabolite deficient in diabetes inhibits cellular entry of SARS-CoV-2 - Nature.com

Patients with diabetes are more susceptible to suffer from more severe COVID-19. Tong et al. identify a glucose-like metabolite that is reduced in patients with diabetes and has the ability to prevent cellular infection by SARS-CoV-2

Ethics statement Human blood samples were collected with approval of the local ethics committee at Tsinghua University and Shenzhen Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Human blood collected … [+25422 chars]

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