Metabolite signature of COVID-19 reveals multi-organ effects

(American Chemical Society) SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, can cause a wide range of symptoms, from none at all to severe respiratory stress, multi-organ failure and death. The virus notably targets the lungs, but many patients also experience non-respiratory symptoms. Now, researchers reporting in ACS' Journal of Proteome Research compared lipoproteins and metabolites in the blood of COVID-19 patients and healthy subjects, revealing signs of multi-organ damage in patients that ...