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| COVID-19: Study shows symptoms and testosterone levels in men are related |
| 2021-03-01 |
| [Jerusalem Post] Low levels of testosterone could increase the severity of an illness. An imbalance in men's testosterone levels was linked to the severity of their coronavirus case, a new study has found. The experiment, led by Andrea Salonia MD of Milan's Urological Research Institute, compared levels of circulating total testosterone (tT) in confirmed and hospitalized male coronavirus patients to healthy male blood donors. The finds were published in the study called "Severely low testosterone in males with COVID‐19: a case‐control study" in the scientific journal American Society of Andrology and European Academy of Andrology on February 26. Previous research identified a potential correlation between immune responses and biological sex; males are statistically more likely to catch the virus. The virus enters and infects host cells via a glycoprotein called S, which passes through the cell membrane. This protein must be primed by proteins ACE2 and TMPRSS2, which are both steroid hormones responsible for managing masculine functions. Additionally, ACE2 levels are naturally higher in men. Researchers therefore hypothesized that COVID-19 would be related to male hormone levels. The objective of the experiment was to test testosterone levels and the presence of hypogonadism, a dysfunction of sex hormone production, in male COVID-19 patients. |
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| #2 this is why all the soy boys are so scared of covid |
| Posted by: Chris 2021-03-01 12:40 |
| #1 WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence shows that China has conducted "human testing" on members of the People's Liberation Army in hope of developing soldiers with "biologically enhanced capabilities," the top U.S. intelligence official said Friday. Link to NBC story. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2021-03-01 03:57 |