zek157 wrote: “Is the Salk Institute reputable enough for you? The Spike protein in your poke is toxic alone. Enjoy.”
From the posted article: “Now, a major new study shows that the virus spike proteins (which behave very differently than those safely encoded by vaccines) also play a key role in the disease itself.”
Do you anti-vaxxers even read what you post? Did you miss this part: “safely encoded by the vaccines”. You guys are so desperate to denigrate the vaccines that you leap on something which proves exactly the opposite of what you claim.
The S-protein alone is a problem. How the hell did you miss that? That is the point of this study.
Here, I’ll help you out.
“ In the new study, the researchers created a “pseudovirus” that was surrounded by SARS-CoV-2 classic crown of spike proteins, but did not contain any actual virus. Exposure to this pseudovirus resulted in damage to the lungs and arteries of an animal model—proving that the spike protein alone was enough to cause disease. Tissue samples showed inflammation in endothelial cells lining the pulmonary artery walls.
The team then replicated this process in the lab, exposing healthy endothelial cells (which line arteries) to the spike protein. They showed that the spike protein damaged the cells by binding ACE2. This binding disrupted ACE2’s molecular signaling to mitochondria (organelles that generate energy for cells), causing the mitochondria to become damaged and fragmented.
Previous studies have shown a similar effect when cells were exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, but this is the first study to show that the damage occurs when cells are exposed to the spike protein on its own.”