Recent research helps explain why young children have lower rates of severe COVID-19 than adults. A study of infants and young children found those that acquired SARS-CoV-2 had a powerful, sustained antibody response to the virus and high levels of inflammatory proteins within the nose but not within the blood. This immune response contrasts with […]
In a preprint* research paper recently uploaded to the bioRxiv server, researchers at Washington University investigated how the exposome can mediate immune function in house mice, probably the most widely used model systems for in vivo immunological experimentation. Mice were sequentially inoculated with six different viral pathogens from formative years (neonatal) stages, following which their […]
Meta’s getting serious about its threats to remove Canadian news publishers from its apps, because of this of Canada’s proposed Online News Act, with Meta now conducting live tests to see how things will look without Canadian outlets in its apps, with a view to be sure that it may well effectively implement a ban, […]