Covid-19: the false trail of the “cytokine storm”
Contrary to what scientists suggested, Covid-19 does not seem to trigger a "cytokine storm", this unsuitable immune system response which ...
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Coronavirus: exaggerated immune response behind serious cases
Serious forms of Covid-19 infection would be the result of an exaggeration of the immune response. This is the thesis ...
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Bacteria’s secret weapon revealed
Australian researchers have discovered a previously unknown method used by bacteria to evade immune responses. THE ESSENTIAL Some bacterial infections ...
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Zika: how does the virus block the immune system?
A protein allows the virus to prevent the immune system from reacting to the infection. Every virus acts on our ...
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Colds have trained our immune system to recognize Covid-19
A new study confirms the principle of cross-immunity that previous infections with cold viruses have trained the immune system to ...
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Coronavirus: a promising treatment developed in Marseille
Marseille-based researchers are developing a treatment for Covid-19 and presenting encouraging translational results to treat patients with severe forms of ...
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Ebola survivors have severe immune system abnormalities two years later
Ebola survivors should be monitored long term, especially for inflammatory markers. THE ESSENTIAL During the Ebola epidemic in West Africa ...
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Coronavirus: discovery of a blood signature to predict serious cases
French researchers seem to have found a valuable indicator in the blood to predict which covid patients will develop a ...
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How the Tuberculosis Vaccine Boosts the Immune System
Developed nearly a century ago, the tuberculosis vaccine (BCG) has long been known to boost the immune system of vaccinated ...
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Covid-19: the immunity of patients still present a month after their recovery
A study conducted by the Institut Pasteur and the University Hospital of Strasbourg confirms that one month after recovery, patients ...
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Coronavirus: vitamin D deficiency could promote complications
People with Covid-19 who suffer from vitamin D deficiency are twice as likely to develop a severe form of the ...
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Targeting the immune system to treat OCD
Scientists have discovered a major role a protein plays in immune cells in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Treatments aimed ...
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Coronavirus: ANSES warns against food supplements
The plants contained in certain food supplements could weaken the immune system and prove to be dangerous in an epidemic ...
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The deadliest strain of malaria protects itself from the immune system
The parasite responsible for the most severe form of malaria uses proteins that aim to glue red blood cells together, ...
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Covid-19: what is the “cytokine storm”, this phenomenon which would lead to the death of certain patients?
A massive release of cytokines, a molecule released by the immune system, could be the cause of the death of ...
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Premature babies: the immune system can catch up
Premature infants' immune systems can very well catch up, even those born before 28 weeks' gestation, according to a new ...
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Too much salt is bad for the immune system
According to a German study carried out on mice and humans, consuming too much salt would be harmful to the ...
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Coronavirus: is boosting your immune system effective?
To best prepare for the spread of the coronavirus, having a good immune system is essential. Some specialists remain skeptical ...
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What does the coronavirus change for cancer patients?
Among the most fragile threatened by the coronavirus pandemic are people with cancer, whose immune system does not protect them ...
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AIDS: how the HIV virus weakens the immune system of patients
For the first time, researchers have understood how HIV infection leads to paralysis of the immune system. But if this ...
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Growth, morale, memory, skin, libido: the great virtues of sleep
The virtues of the biological function of sleep on our physical and mental health are numerous. Here are the main ...
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Allergies: pollens already back in the East
Pollens have already appeared in eastern France. They come back earlier and earlier each year, which is inconvenient for people ...
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New coronavirus: why do some epidemics come from bats?
SARS, MERS, Ebola… These different viral epidemics have one thing in common: they come from bats. American researchers believe that ...
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Intestinal bacteria disrupt bone growth
A new study shows that a bacterium present in the intestinal microbiota can influence the immune system and disrupt bone ...
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Why you can’t catch a cold and the flu at the same time
The flu and the common cold are the two classic winter infections. American researchers have discovered that it is however ...
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How our immune system has evolved to make us more vulnerable to certain diseases
Genetic mutations that allow us to fend off deadly infections would have made us more vulnerable to inflammatory and autoimmune ...
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Researchers have found the key to the longevity of supercentenarians
Sport, balanced diet, low alcohol consumption… If ordinary mortals tend to believe that a healthy lifestyle is the secret to ...
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Flu: this adjuvant triples the effectiveness of the vaccine
An adjuvant called azoximer bromide could triple the effectiveness of the flu vaccine, Russian researchers have discovered. Each year, the ...
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Influenza: the action of the immune system can aggravate the disease
In some cases of flu, the immune defenses worsen the patient's state of health by trying to fight the virus. ...
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A plant-derived compound for more effective and less expensive gene therapy
Thanks to the use of a natural anti-inflammatory present in grapes, the researchers succeeded in implanting new genes inside blood ...
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