New coronavirus may directly affect the heart DNA. What is the situation?

On October 5, the topic of "new coronavirus may directly affect the heart DNA" came to the top of the hot search.

According to the report of Xinhua News Agency on October 5, the University of Queensland, Australia, recently announced that a new study has revealed how the new coronavirus affects the heart and the difference between its effect on the heart and that of influenza virus, which provides ideas for treating the heart damage caused by the new coronavirus infection.

Expert: The new coronavirus may directly affect the DNA of the heart

The study, led by the University of Queensland, was published in the monthly issue of Immunology. One of the authors of the study, Dr. Kurasingha of the University of Queensland, said: "Compared with the 2009 influenza pandemic, the new crown has led to more serious and long-term cardiovascular diseases, but at the molecular level, it is not clear what factors led to this phenomenon."

It is reported that the new study used the heart tissue samples collected from the remains of 7 patients with new crowns, 2 patients with influenza and 6 patients in the control group for analysis.

The results showed that the researchers found strong inflammation in the heart samples of influenza patients, and found tissue changes related to DNA damage and repair in the heart samples of patients with new crowns. The researchers said that the new coronavirus is likely to directly affect the DNA of the heart, rather than just trigger inflammation to bring about a chain reaction.