Stanley Perlman, Paul McCray (IMAGE) University of Iowa Health Care Caption Stanley Perlman, MD, PhD, professor of pediatrics, and of microbiology and immunology, and Paul McCray, MD, professor of pediatrics, and of microbiology and immunology, stand in a lab at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine. Perlman and McCray report that a mouse model previously created to study SARS can develop symptoms of both severe COVID-19 (lung damage, blood clots, abnormal blood vessels, and death) and also of milder disease, including loss of the sense of smell. Credit Susan McClellen, University of Iowa Health Care Marketing and Communications Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.