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COVID-19 In Pregnant Women: Study Says Coronavirus May Infect Early Placenta May 03, 2021, 15:33 IST
COVID-19, caused by Coronavirus rarely infects the placenta, but recent studies show that it is more likely to infect during early in pregnancy.
Researchers discovered that the cells in the placenta that get infected with the coronavirus have the surface protein ACE2, which the virus uses as a gateway for entry. This was arrived at after analysing 12 placentas from healthy women with gestational periods ranging from 5 weeks to 36 weeks.
According to the co-author Drucilla Roberts of the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, that in late pregnancy, the ACE2 proteins are located on cells in such a way that they are not exposed to the virus circulating in the mother s blood, potentially shielding the placenta from infection.
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The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.
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A man wearing a protective face mask walks past an illustration of a virus outside a regional science centre amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Oldham, Britain August 3, 2020. (Reuters)
The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.
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