Harvard Scientists Find Link Between Coronavirus and Loss of Smell
A team of Harvard scientists — led by Harvard Medical School associate professor Sandeep R. Datta — found that certain cells in the nose express genes that facilitate COVID-19 infection.
The study’s preliminary findings — published March 28 on bioRxiv, an archive of life sciences preprint manuscripts that have not been peer-reviewed — may explain why some coronavirus patients reporting a less acute sense of smell, says the Harvard Crimson.