Biology professor Munir Rahim is leading a research team analyzing swabs taken from patients infected with COVID-19 for proteins released by immune cells in the lungs. The proteins could offer early warning that patients could suffer severe respiratory complications.
Jul 28th, 2020
Three UWindsor researchers are studying specific proteins in the lungs as an early warning system for COVID-19 complications.
Biology professors Munir Rahim and Lisa Porter and biochemistry professor Yufeng Tong are researching pro-inflammatory cytokines— microscopic proteins released by immune cells when the lungs are infected with a virus.
