Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have identified the protein “signature” of severe COVID-19, which they describe in a new study published in Cell Reports Medicine. “We were interested in asking whether we could identify mechanisms that might be contributing to death in COVID-19,” said MGH infectious disease expert and Broad associate member Marcia Goldberg, who studies interactions between microbial pathogens and their hosts. “In other words, why do some patients die from this disease, while others — who appear to be just as ill — survive?” Goldberg is co-senior author of the study together with MGH Center for Cancer Immunotherapy director and Broad institute member Nir Hacohen.
