After finding out about the man via a newspaper article, researchers examined him, finding a stronger-than-expected immune system and increasing SARS-CoV-2 antibodies.
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Scientists have long believed that a newborn’s immune system was an immature version of an adult’s, but new research shows newborns’ T cells outperform those of adults.
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“Understanding how bats have evolved viral tolerance may help us learn how humans can better fight emerging diseases.”
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Virus family history could help scientists identify which strains have the potential to become the so-called Disease X that causes the next global pandemic.
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In order to contribute to epidemiological research on factors contributing to disease severity, the researchers conducted a longitudinal cohort study, surveilling respiratory viruses for 19 months between 2016-2018 in New York City.
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of tons of used surgical masks were dumped every month without a real vision to manage them.
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Using an image-guided minimally invasive procedure, researchers may be able to restore the sense of smell in patients who have suffered with long-COVID.
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Researchers created mice with human genetic material for the ACE2 protein, which COVID-19 viruses use to attach to cells.
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To assess pollution-forming processes indoors, researchers exposed clean air to the UV lights inside a controlled Teflon container and then added one organic compound at a time to observe their impact on the produced compounds.
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The pandemic may be over, but Fauci is still fearful. Not of SARS-CoV-2, nor of the next “inevitable pandemic,” he says. No, Fauci is most concerned that the public will forget just how deadly the COVID-19 pandemic was.
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A new study has found that people may experience long-term symptoms—or "long colds"—after acute respiratory infections that test negative for COVID-19.
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The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their “discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.”
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A new material that packs deadly heat for viruses on its outer surface while staying cool on the reverse side could transform the way we make and use personal protective equipment.
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Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School have uncovered several previously unknown strains of swine flu viruses that have been circulating unnoticed in Cambodian pig populations over the past 15 years.
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GPS trackers on 43 species across the globe show that animals changed their behavior when humans stayed indoors.
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