Topic: immunity

Antibodies good; machine-made molecules better?

Antibodies good; machine-made molecules better?

Katherine J. Wu, The New York Times
Updated as of Nov 24 04:10 PM

Using computational tools, a team of researchers at the University of Washington designed and built from scratch a molecule that, when pitted against the coronavirus in the lab, can attack and sequester it at least as well as an antibody does.  Read more »

Level up your immunity with probiotics and prebiotic fibers

Level up your immunity with probiotics and prebiotic fibers

Dutch Mill Delight
Updated as of Nov 09 04:34 PM

Navigating the new normal has inspired people to try different ways on how to stay healthy. Aside from complying with basic health and safety protocols, there are different ways you can do to strengthen and boost the immune system. But one of the ways every modern Mom should know is by giving the family a daily dose of Probiotics with Prebiotic Fibers found in Dutch Mill Delight. Read more »

White House embraces declaration from scientists that relies on 'herd immunity'

White House embraces declaration from scientists that relies on 'herd immunity'

Sheryl Gay Stolberg, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 15 07:37 AM

The White House has embraced a declaration by a group of scientists arguing that authorities should allow the coronavirus to spread among young healthy people while protecting the elderly and the vulnerable — an approach that would rely on arriving at “herd immunity” through infections rather than a vaccine. Read more »

China tests entire city for virus as WHO slams herd immunity idea

China tests entire city for virus as WHO slams herd immunity idea

Beiyi Seow, with Agence France-Presse bureaus
Posted at Oct 13 02:38 PM

China rushed Tuesday to test an entire city of nine million within days after a minor coronavirus outbreak, as the WHO warned that letting the pathogen run free to achieve herd immunity was "scientifically and ethically problematic".   Read more »

COVID-19 reinfection casts doubt on virus immunity: study

COVID-19 reinfection casts doubt on virus immunity: study

Patrick Galey, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 13 08:55 AM

PARIS - COVID-19 patients may experience more severe symptoms the second time they are infected, according to research released Tuesday confirming it is possible to catch the potentially deadly disease more than once. Read more »

Neanderthal genes linked to severe COVID-19

Neanderthal genes linked to severe COVID-19

Nancy Lapid, Reuters
Posted at Oct 01 05:12 AM

The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. Read more »

Is staying home harming your child's immune system?

Is staying home harming your child's immune system?

Melinda Wenner Moyer, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 11 06:48 AM

Is COVID-19 isolation affecting kids’ immunity? Will locking our children inside the apartment all day to protect them from one virus make them more susceptible to others — even some chronic illnesses — for the rest of their lives? Read more »

Exercise may boost your vaccine response

Exercise may boost your vaccine response

Gretchen Reynolds, The New York Times
Updated as of Sep 01 02:38 PM

Having an immune system primed to clobber infections and respond robustly to vaccinations is obviously desirable now, during the ongoing pandemic. Read more »

Fishing boat outbreak may offer virus immunity insight: study

Fishing boat outbreak may offer virus immunity insight: study

Kelly Macnamara, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 19 02:32 AM

LONDON - Three crew of a Seattle fishing boat who were found to have antibodies able to neutralize the new coronavirus remained uninfected in an outbreak that swept through the ship, sickening most people on board, researchers have reported. Read more »

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