Coronavirus Takes Aim At Insulin-Producing Cells in the Pancreas

The Stanford Scope ^ | June 15, 2021 | Bruce Goldman

[grey_whiskers]

Diabetics are at heightened risk for COVID-19 complications, it's known. But the connection might run in two directions: COVID-19 may itself kick off or exacerbate diabetes.

A new study shows that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, selectively attacks the cells in the pancreas that produce insulin, the critical hormone that regulates our circulating blood-sugar levels. The loss of these pancreatic cells, known as beta cells, is the defining feature of type 1 diabetes, understood to be triggered when the body's immune system, for unknown reasons, launches an unprovoked attack on those cells.

[grey_whiskers]

The virus infected other pancreatic cell types in a lab dish, too, but it preferentially infected and killed the beta cells. Just incubating beta cells with the virus's spike protein -- the external feature of the virus that attaches to cells to begin the infection process -- was enough to activate beta cells' internal cell-suicide apparatus, Jackson and his colleagues found.

Time for "crimes against humanity" trials yet?

[grey_whiskers]

*PING*

More news on the spike protein.

[silverleaf]

Was it the virus….or can the spike protein itself handle the job?

[frank ballenger]

The dirty Chinese Communists are getting away with this.

[dadfly]

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[House Atreides]

More confusion amongst our anti-vaxxer agendanistas as they read a report on what the COVID-19 viral disease does and interpret that as what vaccination to prevent that viral disease does. IGNORANCE and STUPIDITY reigns.

[NonValueAdded]

Time to nuke Wuhan.

[libh8er]

Type 1 diabetes now. In a few years we will know if there is an uptick in pancreatic cancer cases among those who had Covid.

[libh8er]

Not only are they getting away, we have American companies that can’t get enough of China (Nike for example being a Chinese brand)

[grey_whiskers]

The bolded part about the spike protein alone was in the original article.

It is not editorializing.

Troll.

[frank ballenger]

Right, the scumbags.

While people talk about “triggers” something from the Left could trigger a pushback to end pushbacks someday. They had better hope everyone stays quiescent on the Right.

[sauropod]

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[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

[SkyDancer]

Isn’t Pancreas a train station in London?

[deweyfrank]

So, I guess they’ll now say that if you get the vaccine it will correct you against this threat.

[metmom]

I’m developing the theory that COVID for some reason, attacks people where they are already physically vulnerable, their weakest or most fragile, as it were, organ(s).

[deweyfrank]

correct = protect

[Secret Agent Man]

The theory/idea already exists.

Its not a surprise, we already know secondary infections and diseases take advantage of weakened areas or a weaker immune system.

If an organ is having problems there is most likely inflammation in that area, that already means inherent medical probems and lack of oxygen and blood flow issues, tissue damage, ...

[Jane Long]

Yep. Created to take out the ‘useless eaters’ in society (to use an old, historical term).

How convenient.

[Bikkuri]

Talk about a drawn-out, painful bioweapon.. 😨