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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Julia Musto

Covid might cure cancer. No, you didn’t read that wrong

Illinois researchers have found an unbelievable link between infection with Covid and cancer regression where tumors decrease in size or extent.

Using animals and tissue from humans, scientists observed that the RNA molecules of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which is responsible for the disease, triggered the development of a special cell in the immune system that has anti-cancer properties.

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