December 20, 2020
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RK Online Desk
A recent study led by researchers from University of California- Los Angeles Health Sciences (UCLA) determined the running fluid spiked with a Corona-like protein through a 3D-printed model to explain how the virus increases the risk of stroke.
COVID-19 was initially identified as a disease with severe respiratory symptoms, but a little is known about how it increases the risk of stroke.
To enhance the findings, UCLA researchers used a 3D-printed silicone model of blood vessels in the brain to mimic the forces generated by blood pushing through an artery that is abnormally narrowed, a condition called intracranial atherosclerosis. They showed that as those forces act on the cells lining the artery, and increase the production of a molecule called angiotensin-converting enzyme 2, or ACE2, which the coronavirus uses to enter cells on the surface of blood vessels.