{"id":220479,"date":"2025-08-20T07:26:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T12:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/scientists-detect-ghost-proteins-that-could-explain-long-covid"},"modified":"2025-08-20T07:26:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T12:26:36","slug":"scientists-detect-ghost-proteins-that-could-explain-long-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/scientists-detect-ghost-proteins-that-could-explain-long-covid","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Detect \u201cGhost\u201d Proteins That Could Explain Long COVID"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-detect-ghost-proteins-that-could-explain-long-covid.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Researchers discovered viral fragments in blood samples from long COVID patients, hinting at a possible biomarker. The findings suggest the virus may linger in hidden reservoirs, fueling ongoing symptoms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers discovered viral fragments in blood samples from long COVID patients, hinting at a possible biomarker. The findings suggest the virus may linger in hidden reservoirs, fueling ongoing symptoms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220479\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}