Category: Immunology
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The Most Important Coronavirus Question
The first person to die from coronavirus on American soil passed away on Feb. 29 at a Seattle area hospital – incidentally, the same hospital where my daughter was born just ten and a half months ago. Read the rest at Geopolitical Futures.
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Dirty Secrets: Are Laboratory Mice Too Clean?
The hygiene hypothesis may also apply to animal experiments. THE hygiene hypothesis posits that certain diseases—notably asthma, eczema and type-1 diabetes—which are becoming more common than they once were, are caused in part by modern environments being too clean. The diseases in question result from misfunctions of the immune system. The hygiene hypothesis suggests such…
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Ignore Anti-Vaccine Hysteria, Mr. Trump
The environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic, told reporters Tuesday in the lobby of Trump Tower that the president-elect has asked him to lead a commission “to make sure we have scientific integrity in the vaccine process for efficacy and safety effects.” Mr. Kennedy also suggested that Donald Trump “has some doubts…
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Macaque Experiment Shows Vaccine Schedule Not Linked to Autism
Because the coffin of the vaccine-autism myth has already been nailed shut, this study really should represent the flowers placed on top of the grave.
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Scratched Moles Could Lead to Cancer
It may be wise to take the precaution of protecting your moles from physical injury.
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Natural Killer Cells: ‘Secret Police’ of the Immune System
Cells that are unable to show their identity cards are killed on the spot. No questions asked.
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Could Antibodies Treat Migraines?
Recently, some migraine research has shifted away from small molecule drugs to focus instead on antibodies, the immune system proteins typically thought of as microbe fighters.
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Your Viral History in a Drop of Blood
A giant leap forward for personalized medicine.
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Jail ‘Anti-Vax’ Parents
Your family’s right to be sick ends where public health begins.
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Mom Was Right: Catching Cold in the Cold
This research hints that keeping your nasal cavity warm might be an effective way to prevent rhinovirus infection. Maybe Mom was right, after all.