Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have found that a protein which is initially helpful in the body's immune response to a virus, can later interfere with the repair of lung tissue.
The institute has paused cancer research and repurposed its laboratories and scientists to provide a rapid COVID-19 testing facility for NHS staff and other key workers.
UK biomedical research lab Francis Crick Institute has warned that a hard or ‘no-deal’ Brexit could negatively impact the science and research across the country.
While the Crick scientists' method deletes an extra chromosome and leads to the production of mature sperm, it caused tumors to form in some mice, a problem they will have to solve before the treatment can be viable in humans.