How Your Body Fights The Coronavirus
Channel: The ScienceVerse
Date: 2020-04-20

In this video we take a look at how exactly the coronavirus caused by SARS-COV-2 elicits a response from your immune system upon initial infection of the epithelial cells in the airway via the ACE2 receptor  and how social distancing is vital to defeating the Covid-19 novel  coronavirus. We also take a look how white blood cells such as T-Cells and RDCs play a role in the immune response of your body with regards to the virus upon initial  infection.



Video Author: Milan Sivakumar B.S in Biomedical Engineering UT Austin'23
Sources: 
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4125530/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5820806/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4369385/

https://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/coronavirus-resource-center#COVID

https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/3/623/pdf

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/
PMC1306801/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK7782/

https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2020/protein-potently-inhibits-coronavirus.html


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