Very sick children arrive in emergency rooms weeks to months after COVID-19, showing severe inflammation and heart issues impeding blood pumping.
MIS-C is linked to 'molecular mimicry,' where the child's immune system attacks its cells post-COVID-19 due to protein similarities.
Bodansky and collaborators discovered that MIS-C involves the immune system reacting to a COVID-19 protein that resembles a natural body protein, causing detrimental effects.
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