Some people’s blood can mount an immune response against SARS-CoV-2, even if those blood samples were taken from before the COVID-19 pandemic started.
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Life in a honey bee hive is all about cooperating for the collective good.
Your immune system changes when you are pregnant, and this may help protect you and your child from COVID-19 – but we need more research to understand this better.
Some people who have never had COVID-19 have the antibodies to fight it – possibly from an earlier infection with a different coronavirus.
Many patients suffering from COVID-19 exhibit neurological symptoms, from loss of smell to delirium to a higher risk of stroke. Down the road, will COVID-19 survivors face a wave of cognitive issues?
We’re cleaning and washing our hands perhaps more than we ever have before. But suggestions that all this this extra hygiene could weaken our immune systems are unfounded.
Research shows that children can become infected with the coronavirus and spread it to others. Though rare, some kids do become severely ill and a few have died from COVID-19.
It’s hard to discuss COVID without referring to white blood cells. Here is a primer on the two you need to know about.
Nanoparticles dressed up in cell membranes snag SARS-CoV-2 virus particles before they reach human cells.
The cutting-edge tools could greatly expand our understanding of different species’ immune systems, and also help humans prepare for future disease outbreaks.
There is speculation about whether a population can achieve some sort of immunity to the virus with as little as 20% infected.
If you have had COVID-19 already, are you protected from another bout of the illness? And is the presence of antibodies in your blood a guarantee of immunity?
Just focusing on spike proteins might not offer the complete immunity.
OM85 harnesses molecules extracted from bacteria, and has shown promise in preventing severe respiratory infections. It seems to work by training the immune system.
Why does COVID-19 hit men harder than women? Is the disparity in mortality rates due to male hormones or an underlying difference in the male versus female immune system?
Racism – and the chronic stress it causes – leads to poor health among African Americans. It may change the way genes are expressed, leading to increased levels of dangerous stress hormones.
An antigen test was given emergency use authorization by the FDA in early May. A biochemist explains how COVID-19 antigen tests work.
Between 10-15% of all cells within the brain are microglia.
‘Nanobodies’ produced by the llama immune system can neutralise the virus that causes COVID-19.
Immunity passports have been touted as a way to reopen the economy. But there are serious concerns they’ll create an incentive to intentionally contract the coronavirus.
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Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
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Professor in Immunology, University of Manchester
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Instructor of Human Immunology, Emory University
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Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor: Innovation and Knowledge Exchange, University of Nottingham
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Ecologist and Researcher, Flinders University
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Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Carolina
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Research Fellow, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Immunology, Imperial College London
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Senior Research Fellow; Rheumatology Research Group, Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado Anschutz
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Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Carolina
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Principal Scientist and Canada Research Chair in Zoonotic Virus and Animal Reservoirs at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization and Co-Lead of One Health at the University of Saskatchewan, University of Saskatchewan