UCSF Researchers Identify Major Driver Behind COVID and Long COVID, With Potential Treatment

Spike proteins from the SARS-CoV-2 virus increase the toxic effects of fibrin, researchers found.

An electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round gold objects), which causes COVID-19, emerging from cultured cells. NIAID via The Epoch Times

Researchers at the University of California–San Francisco (UCSF) have identified fibrin, a natural protein involved in blood clotting, as a major driver of the COVID-19 disease, according to a new study.

Fibrin binds to proteins from the SARS-CoV-2 virus to form blood clots that are difficult to break down, the researchers found. This clotting then drives the various inflammatory and neurological symptoms seen in COVID-19 and long COVID.