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People who have recovered from COVID-19, especially those with pre-existing cardiovascular conditions, may be at risk of developing blood clots due to a lingering and overactive immune response, according to a study led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU) scientists.

International research led by the Radboud university medical center shows that a full blood count of COVID-19 patients predicts fairly accurately whether the infection will have a complicated course or not. This makes it easier for healthcare providers to estimate the expected clinical picture. This study, conducted in eleven hospitals, has now been published in the scientific journal eLife. In patients presenting to hospitals with a COVID-19 infection, full blood count analysis (hemoc...

Scientists are interested in the unicellular ancestors of plants, fungi and animals because they want to know if each transition into multicellularity was driven by similar evolutionary forces.

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