David Saikin Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Has anyone seen anything documented about this virus stripping Heme iron. leaving rbcs unable to transport O2? Saw a blurb w no references. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Blumberg Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBBSue Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 I saw an article but don't remember the source. The theory was that it bound to the heme molecule and prevented oxygen from binding, similar to how CO poisoning occurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnadeau Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 I read an article one of my techs forwarded - no fact checking done by them - admittedly - but it's: https://medium.com/@agaiziunas/covid-19-had-us-all-fooled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPruden Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 https://chemrxiv.org/articles/COVID-19_Disease_ORF8_and_Surface_Glycoprotein_Inhibit_Heme_Metabolism_by_Binding_to_Porphyrin/11938173 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsfirm Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 as far as I know, it's a model from a computer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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