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Statins reduce COVID-19 severity, most likely by removing cholesterol that the virus uses to infect

Researchers have found that the patients who were using statins to manage their cholesterol levels are less likely to get infected and when they do, they recover faster than patients who do not take statins. They do so by removing cholesterol from the cell membrane which prevents the entry of the virus into the cell.

Updated 2020-10-10

Contributors are:

Nikita Chawla

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Who are from:

State University of New York at Buffalo

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Statins reduce COVID-19 severity, likely by removing cholesterol that virus uses to infect

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