Yale researchers have identified significant differences in how the immune systems of women and men respond to the virus that causes COVID-19. In a study launched by Women’s Health Research at Yale, the authors revealed possible biological explanations for why men are more likely than women to suffer severe cases of COVID-19 and die of the disease.
In this video, Akiko Iwasaki, Ph.D., Professor of Immunobiology at Yale School of Medicine explains sex differences in these immune responses.
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