Timothy Shope, MD, is chief of bariatric surgery at Upstate Medical University.
Coronavirus infects fat cells, immune cells in body fat, research finds
Coronavirus infection seems to be more severe in people who are overweight or obese. Recent research shows that the virus infects fat cells and certain immune cells within body fat. Timothy Shope, MD, helps explain this research. Shope is chief of bariatric surgery at Upstate.
