A group of Spanish scientists led by the Research Professor Yolanda Sanz Herranz (IATA-CSIC) has recently started a research project that seeks the relationship between the intestinal microbiota and the incidence, evolution and severity of the coronavirus in each patient. The objective of this research is to find out the immunological mechanisms by which the intestinal microbiota would be able to protect the body from the virus , thus reducing the severity of the symptoms. Professor Sanz, postdoctoral researcher in Leer más