A group of German scientists from the University of Heidelberg conducted a study whose main goal was to determine the effect of alcohol on the ability of SARS-CoV-2 to penetrate into lung tissue.. The results of the study were disappointing for drinkers - these studies showed that under the influence of alcohol, the rate of penetration of the COVID-19 pathogen into the lungs increases several times.

Scientists managed to obtain such data as a result of scientific experiments in a laboratory on rodents.. For this, the mice were divided into three groups..

One group of rodents received ethanol injections at regular intervals, the second group of rodents received ethanol in the form of inhalations, the third group of "

Subsequent measurement of the level of expression of genes that promote the penetration of coronavirus into host cells showed a significant effect on the ability of the pathogen to penetrate rodent cells..

“The data we obtained showed that the ingestion of ethanol into the body causes an increase in the expression of the ACE2 gene, due to which the virus enters the body.. The more such cell receptors there are in the body, the higher the likelihood of infection with a new coronavirus, with the subsequent development of various forms of COVID-19, as well as impaired functioning of organs and systems,” experts say..

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