Like other factors such as age, sex and genetics, smoking has a major impact on immune responses. This is the finding recently made by a team of scientists at the Institut Pasteur using the Milieu Intérieur cohort of 1,000 healthy volunteers, established to understand variability in immune responses. In addition to its short-term impact on immunity, smoking also has long-term consequences.
Many researchers suspect that the disease is triggered by a virus, known as Epstein-Barr, which causes the immune system to attack the nerves and can leave patients struggling to walk or talk. But the virus can t be the whole story, since nearly everyone is infected with it at some point in life.
Editor’s Note: ( Ralph Turchiano) Vital Research into why some medicines may help one segment of society and harm another. “African ancestry is associated with a stronger inflammatory response, which limited the growth of bacteria. “ Public Release: 20-Oct-2016 Cell Press This visual abstract depicts how genetic variants enriched in population specific signals of natural…
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the range of clinical outcomes for individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 varied widely, from showing no symptoms to succumbing to the disease. A research team from the Institut Pasteur, the CNRS, and the Collège de France collaborated with international scientists to