Smoking Increases SARS-CoV-2 Receptors in the Lungs

New research suggests that cigarette smoke spurs the lungs to make more ACE2, the protein that the coronavirus responsible for COVID-19 uses to enter human cells.

May 2020. Full story at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

The DNA Tricks that Gave Us 100 Kinds of Tomatoes

In Search of the Genetic Components Behind Psychiatric Disorders