UCSF scientists and collaborators suggest SARS-CoV-2 may mimic cancer by persisting in the body, evading immune detection, and disabling tumor suppressor genes like p53 and RB.
In long COVID patients, researchers observed chronic immune dysregulation, exhausted T cells, and reduced cytotoxic NK cells hallmarks also seen in viral-related cancers.
I’m open-sourcing a multi-agent Long COVID project from my Master’s Program at UT Austin to explore the disease’s mechanisms, suggest interventions, and test combination treatments.