Korea Brain Research Institute (KBRI headed by Suh Pann-ghill) announced the discovery of the elevation of Ace2 as a SARS-CoV-2 entry receptor gene expression in elderly patients with Alzheimer’s by Dr. Joo Jae-yeol and Dr. Lim Key-hwan. The research results were published in the online version of the Journal of Infection.
The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which has strained the world with the unprecedented scale of its spread, is reportedly hitting the elderly in their 70s and older as the group most at risk. Especially, recent reports show that older people who have chronic comorbidities such as chronic obstructive…
