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Thomas Felix Lüscher is the son of doctor of medicine Emil Lüscher (1904–1977). He studied at the
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Lüscher received backlash after publishing an article in “Cardiovascular
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of 2020, he had been studying the endothelium for over 30 years. He says that COVID-19 is ultimately an endothelial disease and stated that “the concept that the endothelium is the main target of this virus is really very important.”
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