COVID-19 cross-protection? When vaccines provide bonus protection against other diseases
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JanJanuary 2021 at 8:03pm
COVID-19 vaccines are being rolled out in their millions. While they show high rates of protection against the disease, could they stave off the pesky common cold too?
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Those of us who avoided COVID-19 over the past year may be somewhat surprised to learn there s a good chance we ve already been infected by at least one coronavirus.
They re thought to be behind up to a third of all common colds. And intriguingly, evidence emerged last year that suggested people who were previously exposed to a common cold coronavirus might have some protection against COVID-19.
Lakshadweep Islands reports its first-ever Covid-19 case
January 19, 2021
The man, who tested positive for the virus in Lakshadweep belonged to the India Reserve Battalion
Lakshadweep Islands has reported its first-ever coronavirus case, a year after the pandemic ravaged almost all States and Union Territories of India.
According to media reports, the island, until now, was the only Indian territory free of the virus. The man, who tested positive for the virus in Lakshadweep belonged to the India Reserve Battalion. He had left for Kavaratti by ship from Kochi on January 3. He has been tested Covid-19 positive on Monday.
He is not a resident of the islands, according to the sources cited in the
Landmark Study Identifies The Neurons Especially Vulnerable to Alzheimer s Disease
ELEFTHERIA KODOSAKI, THE CONVERSATION
19 JANUARY 2021
Alzheimer s disease is a devastating condition that is currently unstoppable and incurable. The main cause of the disease is the loss of neurons and other brain cells in the brain – also know as degeneration. This degeneration is what leads to problems with memory and other cognitive functions.
Researchers can tell which neurons die first or exhibit increased vulnerability to Alzheimer s disease based on where they re located in the brain and what they look like.
But they don t know what genes or proteins these neurons express. Knowing these factors is important for recognising and identifying the changes in specific cells that happen when disease is present.
Of the locally transmitted cases, 43 were reported in Jilin, 35 in Hebei, 27 in Heilongjiang, and one in Beijing, the Commission said in its daily report.No s
Researchers from the National Institutes of Health have discovered Jekyll and Hyde immune cells in the brain that ultimately help with brain repair but.